Animal Behavior - Biology 420/543

Bowling Green State University, Fall 2007

Laboratory Section

Week by Week

• Lab 1: Reasearch Methods in Animal Behavior, literature search
• Lab 2: Habituation/Sensitization in Mosquito Larvae or Drosophila, pre-lab Quiz
• Lab 3: Taxis in Meal Worms and Milkweed Bugs, pre-lab Quiz
• Lab 4: Motor-coordination in Crayfish Locomotion
• Lab 5: Agonistic Behavior in Crayfish, pre-lab Quiz
• Lab 6: Techniques for Behavioral Research in Crickets, ethogram
• Lab 7: Agonistic Behavior in Crickets
• Lab 8+: Independent project
• Lab 9: Lab Notebooks due, Writing Assignment due

Labs not used this year:

• Lab x: Foraging Behavior of Honey bees
• Lab x: Techniques for Behavioral Research in Guppies, ethogram
• Lab x: Mate Choice in Guppies, miniquiz

Research opportunities

• Projects may be carried out at The Toledo Zoo (contact Beth Stark <bethstark@toledozoo.org>, Animal Behavior Manager, (419) 385-5721 ext. 2051)

Lab Exercise Policies

You will not be allowed to complete the work for a laboratory section that you fail to attend. If you are unable to attend your assigned laboratory section in a particular week, ask IN ADVANCE if you may attend another section during the same week. You must contact both your laboratory instructor and the instructor of the section you wish to attend to confirm your ability to attend the alternative laboratory section. You may NOT hand in written assignments from a laboratory section that you do not attend without prior arrangements with your laboratory instructor. If you miss more than one lab you will receive a failing grade for the lab section.