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ethology

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how evolutionary processes shape inherited behaviors and the ways that animals respond to specific stimuli

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behavior

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an animals respond to the stimulus
- nature vs nuture (genetic and environmental factors)
- allow for survival and reproduction
- subject to natural selection

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proximate cause

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how a behavior occurs
1. what was the stimulus to cause the behavior?

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ultimate cause

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why a behavior occurs
- how does the behavior help the animal survive and reproduce

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innate behavior

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developmentally fixed
- no effect
- heredity, born, don’t need to learn
- scream, trying to avoid pain

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learned behaviors

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depend on environmental influence
- experiences do affect these behaviors
- high variation in a population

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Fixed action patterns (FAPs)

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a sequence of unlearned acts directly linked to a stimulus
○ Actions are unchangeable
○ Carried out to completion
○ Triggered by a sign stimulus (external cue)
■ Example: stickleback fish

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migration

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a regular, long-distance change in location
○ Triggered by environmental cues
■ Sun’s position
■ Earth’s magnetic field
■ Celestial cues

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signal and examples

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a stimulus transmitted from one animal to another; animal communication
○ Examples: visual, auditory, tactile, electrical,chemical

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Pheromones

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chemicals emitted by members of a species that can affect other members of the same species

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Stimulus response chains

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when a response to a stimulus serves as the next stimulus for a behavior
● Seen in animal courtships

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directed movements

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movements towards or away from a stimulus

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Kinesis

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a change in the rate of movement or the frequency of turning movements in response to a stimulus; non directional

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taxis

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directional movement towards (positive) or away from (negative) a stimulus

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imprinting

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a long-lasting behavioral response to an individual
○ Happens during a sensitive period of development (usually very early in life)
■ Imprinting occurs on the first individual they encounter
● Example: ducks following their mothe

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Spatial learning

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establishing memories based upon the spatial structure of the animal’s surroundings
○ Some animals form a cognitive map or use
landmarks as environmental cues
■ Example: birds finding their hidden nests

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Associative learning:

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the ability to associate one environmental feature with another
○ Example: associating monarch butterflies with a foul taste

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Social learning

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learning through observations and imitations of the observed behaviors
○ Example: chimps breaking open oil palm nuts

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Foraging

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food obtaining behavior
■ Searching for, recognizing, and capturing food
items
● Animals better at foraging will be more
successful in finding food

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Altruism

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selfless behavior
■ Reduces the individual’s fitness, but increases
the fitness of the rest of the population
● Example: naked mole rat colonies have only
one reproducing female (queen), who will
only mate with a few males (kings). The other
nonreproductive members will sacrifice
themselves to protect their queen and kings.

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Phototropism

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a directional response that allows plants to grow towards (and in some cases away from) a source of light

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Photoperiodism

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allows plants to develop in response to day length

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Ecosystem

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the sum of all the organisms living in a given area and the abiotic factors they interact with

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biotic vs abiotic

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Biotic factors: living, or once living, components
of an environment
○ Abiotic factors: nonliving (physical and chemical
properties of the environment)

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first two law of thermodynamics

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  • 1st law: energy can neither be created nor
    destroyed, only transferred
    ■ Law of conservation of mass: chemical elements are continually recycled in the environment
    ○ 2nd law: exchanges of energy increase the entropy of the universe
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A net gain in energy results in energy storage or
___ of an organism

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growth

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A net loss of energy results in loss of mass and
eventual ___ of an organism

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death

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Metabolic rate

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the total amount of energy an animal uses in a unit of time
■ Oxygen is used in cellular respiration and CO2 is
produced as a by-product
○ An animal’s metabolic rate is related to its body
mass
■ Smaller organisms = higher metabolic rate
■ Larger organisms = lower metabolic rate

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Endotherms

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use thermal energy from metabolism to maintain body temperatures

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ectotherms

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use external sources (ie sun/shade or other organisms) to regulate their body temperature

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energy ____ be recycled

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cannot
MASS CAN BE RECYCLED

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Primary producers

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autotrophs use light energy to synthesize organic compounds
○ Plants, algae, photosynthetic plankton
■ Some organisms are chemosynthetic (vs photosynthetic) meaning they produce food using
the energy created by chemical reactions
● i.e. some bacteria and archaea organisms

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Heterotrophs

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rely on autotrophs because they cannot make their own food

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If energy resources change…

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so can the number and size of trophic levels (Increase energy, increase trophic levels/size; decrease energy,
decrease trophic levels/size)
■ A change at the producer level can affect the
number and size of the remaining trophic levels

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primary production

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: the amount of light energy that is converted to chemical energy
○ Primary producers set a “spending limit” for the
entire ecosystems energy budget

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Secondary production

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the amount of chemical energy in a consumer’s food that is converted to new biomass
○ The transfer of energy between trophic levels is at
around 10% efficiency

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Population

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a group of individuals of the same species living in an area

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Density

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the number of individuals per unit area
○ Knowing a population’s density provides more
information about its relationship to the
resources it uses

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clumped, uniform, random

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Clumped: individuals gather in patches
○ Uniform: evenly spaced individuals in a
population
■ Can be due to territoriality
○ Random: unpredictable spacing; not common

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The size of a population is affected by

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Births/deaths
○ Immigration/emigration

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describe the population curves

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Type I curve: low death rate during early/middle
life and high death rate later in life
● Type II curve: constant death rate over the
lifespan of the organism
● Type III curve: high death rate early in life and
lower death rate for those that survive early life

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Exponential growth model

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a population living under ideal conditions (ie easy access to food, abundant food, free to reproduce, etc)
○ Population grows rapidly

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logistic growth model

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the per capita rate of increase approaches zero as the population size nears its carrying capacity
○ The density of individuals exceeds the system’s
resource availability

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three variables affect life history

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  1. When reproduction begins
  2. How often the organism can reproduce
  3. The number of offspring produced per
    reproductive episode
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K-selection (density-dependent selection)

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selection for life history traits that are sensitive to
population density
○ Seen in high density populations that are close
to carrying capacity (K)

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R-selection (density independent selection)

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selection for life history traits that maximize
reproductive success
○ Seen in low density populations with little
competition

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Density-dependent regulation:

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as a population increases, factors can slow or stop growth by decreasing birth rate and increasing death rate
○ Competition, predation, toxic wastes, territoriality, disease, intrinsic factors (ie reproduction rates)

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Density-independent regulation

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factors that exert their influence on population size, but the birth/death rate of a population does not change
○ Weather, climate, natural disasters

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community

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a group of populations of different species living closely and capable of interacting

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Habitat

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a place of an ecosystem occupied by an organism

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Ecological niche

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the role and position a species has in its environment

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fundamental niche vs realized niche

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Fundamental niche: the niche potentially
occupied by the species if there were no limiting
factors (predators, competitors, etc)
○ Realized niche: the portion of the niche the species actually occupies

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Competition

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-/- relationship where individuals of different species compete for limited resources
○ Competitive exclusion principle: two species
competing for the same resource cannot coexist
permanently
■ The competitor with even a slightly better
advantage will eliminate the inferior competitor

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Predation

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+/- relationship where one species (predator) kills and eats the other species (prey)
■ Cryptic coloration: camouflage
■ Batesian mimicry: harmless species mimics a
harmful one
■ Mullerian mimicry: two or more bad-tasting
species resemble each other

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symbiosis

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when 2 or more species live in direct contact with one another
○ Parasitism: (+/-) when one organism (parasite)
derives nourishment from another (host)
○ Mutualism: (+/+) when both organisms benefit from
the relationship
○ Commensalism: (+/0) when one organism benefits
and the other is neither harmed nor benefited

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facilitation

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+/+ or 0/+) when one species has a positive effect on the survival and reproduction of another without intimate association of symbiosis
○ Common in plant species

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species diversity (biodiversity)

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the variety of different organisms within a community
○ Species richness: the number of different
species
○ Relative abundance: the number of individuals per species.

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The main threats to biodiversity are:

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Habitat loss
■ Invasive species
■ Overharvesting
■ Global change

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Pathogens

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disease causing organisms and viruses
○ Pathogens have the most effect on new habitats
or ecosystems with less biodiversity

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Primary consumers

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herbivores

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Secondary consumers

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carnivores that eat herbivores

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○ Tertiary consumers

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carnivores that eat other carnivores

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○ Decomposers

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get energy from detritus (nonliving
organic material; leaves, wood, dead organisms)
○ Include fungi and many prokaryotes
○ Important for recycling chemical elements

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○ Population ecology

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analyzes the factors that affect population size and how and why it changes over time

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demography

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the study of vital statistics of populations and how they change over time

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herbivory

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relationship where one organism eats part of a plant or alga

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keystone species

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not abundant, species rely on them bc their important ecological niches

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disturbance

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an event that changes a community by removing organisms from it or altering resource availability
- fires, droughts, human activities

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ecological success

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the gradual process by which the species composition of a community changes and develops over time after a disturbance

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primary succession

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changes on an new habitat that has not been colonized

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secondary succession

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changes that clears an existing community but leaves the soil intact
- drought, deforestation

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examples of habitat loss

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threat to biodiversity
- clear cutting, cattle gazing, farmland

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invasive species

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a nonnative species that can occupy a wide range of habitats and exclude nature species from these habitats

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overharvesting

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organisms are harvested faster than their population can rebound
- overfishing
- harvesting of ivory

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global change

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reduce the capacity of earth to sustain life
- air/water pollution
- CO2 emissions
- ocean acidification

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