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INTRO TO EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
LECTURE SCHEDULE 2009 |
DATE |
LECT. |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
SUGGESTED
READINGS |
| 9/2 |
1 |
SS |
Introduction & Darwin |
Ch. 1 |
| 2 |
SS |
Natural Selection |
Ch. 2 |
| 9/9 |
3 |
SS |
Fitness |
Ch. 2 |
| 4 |
SS |
Microevolutionary Mechanisms |
- |
| 9/16 |
5 |
SS |
History of Animal Behavior |
Ch. 1 |
| 6 |
SS |
Role of Evolution in Behavior |
Ch. 2 |
| 9/23 |
7 |
SS |
Ultimate Causes of Behavior I |
Ch. 2 |
| 8 |
SS |
Ultimate Causes of Behavior II |
Ch. 2 |
| 9/23 |
MIDTERM 1 (Lectures 1-8) |
| 10/7 |
9 |
SS |
Proximate Causes of Behavior I |
Ch. 3 |
| 10 |
SS |
Proximate Causes of Behavior II |
Ch. 3 |
| 10/14 |
11 |
SS |
Sexual Selection |
Ch. 6 |
| 12 |
SS |
Mating Systems |
Ch. 7 |
| 10/21 |
13 |
MS |
Protozoan Behavior |
- |
| 14 |
MS |
Metazoan Behavior |
- |
| 10/28 |
15 |
MS |
Migration |
Ch. 13 |
| 16 |
MS |
Territoriality |
Ch. 13 |
| 11/4 |
MIDTERM 2 (Lectures 9-16) |
| 11/11 |
17 |
MS |
Aggression |
Ch. 14 |
| 18 |
MS |
Dominance |
Ch. 14 |
| 11/18 |
19 |
MS |
Kin Selection |
Ch. 8 |
| 20 |
MS |
Parental Care |
- |
| 12/2 |
21 |
MS |
Foraging |
Ch. 10 |
| 22 |
MS |
Cooperation |
Ch. 9 |
| 12/9 |
MIDTERM 3 (Lectures 17-22) |
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SS: Dr. Suzanne Sukhdeo
MS: Dr.Michael Sukhdeo
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Intro to Evolution of
Animal Behavior
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