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Decks in this class (21)

Introduction to behaviour
Animal behaviour definition,
Behaviour relates to,
Modern animal behaviour research
18  cards
Habitat selection 1
Definition of habitat,
How to measure habitat use,
Recording and analysing 1
13  cards
Habitat selection 2
Leaf preference in poplar aphids ...,
Why do poplar aphids show leaf pr...,
Since a female poplar aphid encou...
15  cards
Territories 1
Social relationships may lead to ...,
General definition of territoriality,
Definition of home range
16  cards
Territories 2
1  cards
Migration and navigation 1
Why do animals need to navigate,
Key definitions,
Simple orientation cues
21  cards
Migration and navigation 2/3
Definitions of migration,
Extreme migration or just wide ra...,
Mass migration of ungulates in ea...
28  cards
Utilising resources: optimality (foraging focus)
Natural selection,
Optimisation by selection,
Optimality and behaviours objections
29  cards
How to study behaviour: observation and measurement protocols
Why quantify behaviour,
Preliminary observations,
Hypotheses
14  cards
Animal behaviour: behavioural plasicity
Phenotype and behavioral plasticity,
See pigliucci m 2001 phenotypic p...,
The mapping function problem
25  cards
Individual variation: Personality 1
Concept that natural selection dr...,
Optimality can natural selection ...,
So there is natural variation aro...
18  cards
Individual variation: Personality 2
Examples of laboratory studies on...,
Field studies of personality,
Field study wild grey seals male ...
16  cards
Stress coping styles (focus on maternal grey seal)
Stress the good and the bad,
Conservation management policies ...,
Example what stressors do breedin...
13  cards
Instinct and learning 1
Instinct behaviours,
Instinctive behaviour fap example...,
Instinctive behaviour example 2 h...
31  cards
Instinct and learning 2
Insight learning,
Imitation learning,
Play
23  cards
Avian intelligence and social cognition
Definition intelligence,
Definition social cognition,
Why are intelligent birds interes...
19  cards
Social behaviour: costs and benefits
group living 1
38  cards
Game theory and behaviour evolution
group living 2
12  cards
Cooperation
group living 3
13  cards
Dominance, conflict and association
Group living 4
27  cards
Emotions in non-human animals
Questions to ask,
Why should we bother about emotio...,
Some emotional questions
7  cards

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