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Chapter 51 - Behavioral Ecology | CourseNotes

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Concept 51.3 Environment, interacting with an animal’s genetic makeup, influences the development of behaviors The fitness of an organism may be enhanced by the capacity for spatial learning. Many animals can learn to associate one stimulus with another. The study of cognition connects behavior with nervous system function. Varying degrees of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the learning of complex behavior. Concept 51.4 Behavioral traits can evolve by natural selection Behavior varies in natural populations. Experiments provide evidence for behavioral evolution. Concept 51.5 Natural selection favors behaviors that increase survival and reproductive success Sexual selection is a form of natural selection. Game theory can model behavioral strategies. Concept 51.6 The concept of inclusive fitness can account for most altruistic social behavior Animals learn by observing others. Sociobiology places social behavior in an evolutionary context. Lecture Outline for Campbell/Ree

Printer Friendly Chapter 51 Behavioral Ecology Lecture Outline Overview: Studying Behavior Humans have studied animal behavior for as long as we have lived on Earth. As hunter and hunted, knowledge of animal behavior was essential to human behavior. The modern scientific discipline of behavioral ecology studies how behavior develops, evolves, and contributes to survival and reproductive success. Concept 51.1 Behavioral ecologists distinguish between proximate and ultimate causes of behavior Scientific questions that can be posed about any behavior can be divided into two classes: those that fo

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