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Year 3: Primate Ecology and Behaviour

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By: Amber Sawyer
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Decks in this class (16)

Primate taxonomy
In the old classification system ...,
What 3 infraorders come under pro...,
What 2 infraorders come under ant...
64  cards
Reproduction
What are the 2 types of selection,
What are the 2 categoriess of sex...,
What is inter sexual selection
119  cards
The socioecological model
The environment forces sociality ...,
What is darwinian feminism,
Females can be described as bottl...
34  cards
Spatio-temporal distribution and the polygyny threshold model
Females fight to the death and ma...,
What limiting resource must males...,
What limiting resource must femal...
39  cards
Ontogenesis
What does precocial mean,
What does altricial mean,
Do all species with altricial you...
52  cards
Hanuman langurs
Why is it difficult to keep colob...,
Hanuman langurs can be found in a...,
Due to this ecological flexibilit...
30  cards
Gibbons
Do gibbons ever go to the ground,
What do they drink,
How do they move
36  cards
Infanticide and aggression
What species is the typical model...,
Langurs can live in polygynous or...,
In langurs which sex is philopatric
75  cards
Cognition
What is machiavellian intelligence,
What is the colloquial name for m...,
Assuming machiavellian intelligen...
47  cards
Primate culture
What is culture,
What is culture based on,
Culture varies because different ...
40  cards
Case study: conservation of Pan troglodytes vellerosus/elliotti in Cameroon and Nigeria
List the 4 major threats to great...,
What is thought to be the biggest...,
Why are most assessments of the d...
45  cards
Mate choice
Female mate choice is a form of i...,
There are two kinds of female cho...,
What is direct female choice base...
62  cards
Female mating strategies
Mating with many males helps to e...,
In what cases can sperm become de...,
Why is sperm depleted
21  cards
Socioecology
When do primates form polyspecifi...,
What benefits are there from poly...,
Give an example of polyspecific a...
56  cards
Allomothering
What is allomothering,
Is allomothering more likely to o...,
Give 3 direct benefits to the mot...
15  cards
Facts and references
What is the latin name for the co...,
In what region are chimpanzees fo...,
The chimpanzee is highly adaptabl...
278  cards

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