Animal Behavior - Biology 4200/5430
Bowling Green State University, Fall 2009
Aims of Behavioral Research
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Animal Behavior
> - Behavior refers to the actions or reactions of an organism, usually in relation to the environment - or - The wild and wonderful ways in which animals interact with each other, with other living beings, and with the environment.
Outline
Animal Behavior
Tinbergen's 4 Aims
Internal Mechanisms (i.e., Proximate Causation)
Survival Value (i.e., Ultimate Causation)
Phylogeny (i.e., Evolution)
Ontogeny (i.e., Development)
Reading Assignment
Wikibooks -
Animal Behavior: Chapter 1
(specifically
Definition of Animal Behavior
and
Scope of Animal Behavior
)
Links of Interest
Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
Nature's Philanderers
last modified: 9/1/09
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