Biology 3401  - Animal Behaviour

Course Reserve Readings

The following books are on reserve in the Library (2 day loan).  Applicable sections are listed for each lecture topic.

Alcock, J. 2001. Animal behavior. An evolutionary approach. Sinauer. Sunderland Massachusetts. xiv + 640 pp.

Hall, M. and T. Halliday (eds.). 1998. Behaviour and evolution.  Springer. London. 306 pp.

Krebs, J.R. and N.B. Davies (eds.). 1997. Behavioural ecology. Blackwell. Oxford. viii + 456 pp.

Real, L. 1994. Behaviour mechanisms in evolutionary ecology. University of Chicago Press. Chicago. ix + 469 pp.
 

Topic
Alcock
Krebs & Davies
Hall & Halliday
Introduction
Chapter 1
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History of Animal Behaviour
Chapter 1
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Behaviour: Definitions, Causes, 
how is it studied? 
Chapter 1
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Proximate Causes: Stimuli
Chapter 5
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Chapter 2
Proximate Causes: Genes
Chapter 3
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Chapter 3
Proximate Causes: Hormones
203-209
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Development and Learning
Chapter 4
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Chapter 5 & 6
Habitat Selection
Chapter 11
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Migration
Chapter 11
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Predator-Prey Interactions
Chapter 9 & 10
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 Commmunication
Chapter 2 & 8
Chapter 7
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Sociality and Living in Groups
Chapter 15
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Chapter 10
Mating and Sexual Selection
Chapter 12 & 13
Chapter 6, 8
Chapter 9
Parental Care
Chapter 14
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REVIEW
 
   

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