Top Animal Behavior Flashcards

Animal Behavior Exam #1

Cards: 7| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Natural Selection Depends On..

Variationfitness Differencesheritability

PROXIMATE Analysis

HOW?asking Questions Based On Immediate Causa...

ULTIMATE analysis

WHY?asking Questions That Relate To The Evolu...

Comparative Method

A Procedure For Testing Evolutionary Hypothes...

Animal Behavior Test 3

Cards: 29| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 21, 2015

Problems Defining Communication

-A. Classical Ethological View Of Communicati...

Why Communicate?

-A. To Share "information?" To Inform Another...

Umwelt Revisited

-Bats Pick Up Echoes From Insects When They E...

Signals May Vary In Their:

-1. Effective Distance (should You Use Visual...

Animal Behavior Final Exam

Cards: 66| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Origins Of Behavior (3)

Natural SelectionLearningCultural Transmissio...

Polygyny

A Matying System In Which A Male Fertilizes T...

Fathers Of Ethology

TinbergenVon FrischLorenz

Proximate Causation

Physiological MehanismsHormonesSensory Organs...

Animal Behavior Exam 3

Cards: 27| Attempts: 1| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Parental Care

Is Defined As Parental Investment That Is...

Male Care Givers

Often Associated With External Ferti...

Conflict

Sibling Conflict, Parent Conflict With Offspr...

Results Of Parental Care

Conflict, Individual Recognition, Cheaters (c...

Animal Behavior Test 2

Cards: 33| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 18, 2015

Darwin Revisited

-Uniqueness Of Individuals (variability)-Heri...

Methods In Behavior Genetics: Interspecific H...

-Species=can Mate With Each Other.-Red Parrot...

Methods In Behavior Genetics: Selection Studi...

-1. Animal Fanciers (Darwin Again!) (animal B...

Methods In Behavior Genetics: Strain Differen...

-1. Inbred Strains: Taking From Same Litter (...

Animal Behavior Exam 2

Cards: 29| Attempts: 0| Last updated: Sep 17, 2015

Social Communication

Between Same Species

Ecological Communication

Between Different Species

Information

Stimulus That Influences An Individuals Proba...

Uncertainty

Information Variable, Increased Information=d...