This quiz on Behavioural Ecology explores Tinbergen's four questions on behavior, inheritance of behaviors, decision-making in varying environments, behavioral evolution clues from species comparison, and natural selection's role in behavioral adaptations. It assesses understanding of optimality in adaptation studies.
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It immediately benefits both the performer and another individual.
It immediately benefits another individual at some cost to the performer.
It immediately benefits the performer and imposes a cost on another individual.
It imposes a cost on the performer and the other individual.
It imposes a cost on the performer without benefiting another individual.
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Natural selection favors altruistic acts when the resulting benefit to the beneficiary, corrected for relatedness, exceeds the cost to the altruist.
The effects of kin selection are larger than the effects of direct natural selection on individuals.
Altruism is always reciprocal.
Natural selection does not favor altruistic behavior that causes the death of the altruist.
Natural selection is more likely to favor altruistic behavior that benefits an offspring than altruistic behavior that benefits a sibling.
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Hamilton's rule
Kin selection
Competitive exclusion
Adaptive radiation
The coefficient of relatedness
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Natural; Hamilton's
Natural; Borda's
Kin; Hamilton's
Kin; Borda's
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The same as the coefficient of relatedness between mother and daughter
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Less than the coefficient of relatedness between father and son
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Two offspring
Two offspring
Four grandchildren
One sibling and three nephews
Seven first cousins
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Never occurs in natural populations
Is expected when the species as a whole benefits from it
Occurs only when closely related individuals benefit from it
Is expected when it increases the long-term inclusive fitness of the altruists
Is expected when there are plentiful resources to share
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