Primate Behavioral Ecology

Question 1

anything organisms do that involves action in response to internal or external stimuli. The response of an individual, group, or species to its environment

Answer 1

behavior

Question 2

the study of the evolution of behavior, emphasizing the role of ecological factors as agents of natural selection

Answer 2

behavioral ecology

Question 3

the sum of the habitat requirements that allow a species to persist and product offspring

Answer 3

niche

Question 4

insectivores are what size of body?

Answer 4

small bodied

Question 5

frugivores are what sized body?

Answer 5

medium bodied

Question 6

folivores are what sized body?

Answer 6

large bodied

Question 7

longer limbs for long steps, short, strong digits, stronger less flexible joints

Answer 7

terrestrial quadrupedalism

Question 8

shorter limbs for balance, powerful grasping hands and feet for holding on. large tail for balance

Answer 8

arboreal quadrupedlsim

Question 9

the grouping in which a primates species lives, including its size and composition

Answer 9

social system

Question 10

one adult female and one adult male

Answer 10

monogamy

Question 11

one adult male and multiple adult females

Answer 11

polygyny

Question 12

one adult female and multiple adult males

Answer 12

polyandry

Question 13

males and females solitary but in overlapping ranges

Answer 13

noyau

Question 14

multiple males and females in a group, but with frequent changing of group composition

Answer 14

fission-fusion

Question 15

selection arising as a result of preference by one sex for certain characteristics of the other sex

Answer 15

sexual selection

Question 16

differential mating success of members of one sex due to preferences of members of the opposite sex for certain phenotypes

Answer 16

intersexual selection