Animal Behavior Chapter 51. Def: The study of how specific behaviors increase reproductive success a)Learned behavior (nurture) – environmental and ecological.
Evolutionary Theory Part 2. Goals for today... Kin selection and reciprocal altruismKin selection and reciprocal altruism How do you assess adaptive value.
Behavioral Ecology Introduction Social behavior Sexual selection.
Animal Behavior Ethology. Kinds of Animal Behavior Instinct – innate behavior Fixed action patterns (FAP)- innate behaviors that follow a regular, unvarying.
NVG meeting, 26 November 2010, Soesterberg