Chaoter 6 Primate Ecology And Behavior

Question 1

Comparison

Answer 1

Examining similarities and differences between the two things.

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

A similar trait found in different species that arose independently.

Question 3

Decolonize

Answer 3

Understanding and highlighting the theory and research if non-western individuals and perspectives

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

The relationship between organisms and their physical surroundings.

Question 5

Omnivores

Answer 5

Organisms whose diet consists of both plant and animal matter.

Question 6

Metabolism

Answer 6

The chemical changes that take place in an organism that turn nutrient into energy

Question 7

Abundance

Answer 7

Refers to how much food is available in a given area

Question 8

Distribution

Answer 8

Refers to how food is spread out.

Question 9

Community ecology

Answer 9

Deals with the relationships between different organisms that occupy the same habitat.

Question 10

Conspecifics

Answer 10

Members of the same species

Question 11

Heterospecific

Answer 11

Members of different species

Question 12

Direct competition

Answer 12

Physical interaction between individuals over resources that are large and worth defending

Question 13

Indirect competition

Answer 13

No physical interaction between individuals when a resource is small (insects)

Question 14

Vertebrate

Answer 14

Animal with an internal spinal column or backbone

Question 15

Mutualistic

Answer 15

When organisms of different species work together, each benefiting from the interaction or relationship

Question 16

Seed dispersal

Answer 16

The process by which seeds move away from the plant that produced them in preparation for germination and becoming a new plant

Question 17

Polyspecific associations

Answer 17

Associations between two or more different species that are maintained by behavioral changes by at least one species

Question 18

Parasites

Answer 18

Organisms that live in or on another organism

Question 19

Social transmission

Answer 19

Transfer of something from one individual to another; this can include parasites information or cultural traditions.

Question 20

Ecotourism

Answer 20

A form of tourism that focuses on nature based attractions to provide learning opportunities and that uses economically sustainable practices

Question 21

Breeding season

Answer 21

The time of year when females are receptive to mating

Question 22

Receptive

Answer 22

A term used for females who are ready for reproduction

Question 23

Sociality

Answer 23

The tendency to form social groups

Question 24

Home ranges

Answer 24

The area in which a group regularly moves around as it performs its daily activities including searching for food and water

Question 25

Crypsis

Answer 25

The ability to avoid detection by others

Question 26

Vigilance

Answer 26

Watchful behavior to avoid and detect potential danger

Question 27

Mobbing

Answer 27

The act of cooperatively attacking or harassing a predator

Question 28

Alarm calling

Answer 28

Vocalization emitted by social animals in response to danger

Question 29

Polygyny

Answer 29

One male mates with multiple females

Question 30

Ranging behavior

Answer 30

The way animals move about their environment- ie territorial

Question 31

Dispersal

Answer 31

Patterns which sex moves to a new group to reproduce. Often falls upon the male.

Question 32

Philopatric

Answer 32

To remain in the group of their birth

Question 33

Affiliate

Answer 33

Friendly/non aggressive

Question 34

Agonistic

Answer 34

Aggressive

Question 35

Dominance hierarchy

Answer 35

Ranked organization of individuals established by outcome of aggressive-submissive interactions

Question 36

Intrasexual selection

Answer 36

Selection for traits that enhance the ability of members of one sex to compete amongst themselves (within one sex)

Question 37

Intersexual selection

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The selection for traits that enhance the ability of one sex to attract the other (between the sexes)

Question 38

Social learning

Answer 38

Behavior learned by observing and imitating others

Question 39

Pilierection

Answer 39

Rising of ones hair

Question 40

Semantic communication

Answer 40

Involves the systematic use of signals to refer to objects in the environment