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Behavioral Ecology
Barry Sinervo
Copyright 1997-2009
Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, UCSC
Simulation Video Game (The Hive DOWNLOAD, MAC OSX only)
See the flight simulator manual for
instructions on how to fly the bee.
The software installs on any mac
(your own or on campus). Fire it up and fly your
Bee. Bee flight manual
Open the directory THEHIVE (on the
desktop, where it installs)
and click on the video game labeled
TheHive. Have fun.
MIDTERM KEY
Grade is
based on Tutorials, Lab
Reports, Term Paper, Midterm,
Final , Regrades
Download the Chapter pdfs from the
list to the right.
Date
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Topic
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Readings
(click to
download)
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Section
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Fri 9/25
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History and the Method
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Mon 9/28
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Genes and Behavior
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The bean
selection lab
Read for next weeks section
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Wed 9/30
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Natural and Sexual Selection
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Fri 10/2
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Levels of Selection
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Mon 10/5
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Speciation Mechanisms
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Wed 10/7
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Optimal Foraging
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Fri 10/9
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The Ecology of Foraging
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Mon 10/12
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Games animals play
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Bee flight manual
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Wed 10/14
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QUIZ and Lecture
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Fri 10/16
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Games animals play
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Mon 10/18
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Male Strategies and Male Assessment
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Wed 10/21
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Male Strategies and Male Assessment
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Fri 10/23
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MIDTERM
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Mon 10/25
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Female Strategies and Mate Choice
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BEE Foraging Lab grading
Due next week in
Section.
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Wed 10/28
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Female Strategies and Mate Choice
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Fri 10/30
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Mating Systems, Parental Investment, Sexual
Conflict
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Mon 11/2
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Mating Systems, Parental Investment, Sexual
Conflict
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This week in section
we will be doing Term Paper Topics and web searches.
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Wed 11/4
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Mating Systems, Parental Investment, Sexual
Conflict
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Fri 11/6
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Dispersal, Migration, and Orientation
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Mon 11/9
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Sensory Systems and Communicaiton
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Term paper
Abstracts due to your TAs by email. No Sections this week.
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Wed 11/11
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Holiday
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Fri 11/13
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Predator and Prey
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Mon 11/16
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Sex Determination and Differentiation
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BEE LAB 2 Orientation
Meet in Computer Lab.
2 page Term
paper draft due to your TAs by email.
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Wed 11/18
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Development, Genes, Environment and Behavior
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Fri 11/20
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Learning and Cognition
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Mon 11/23
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Macroevolution and Phylogeny
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Wed 11/25
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Macroevolution and Phylogeny
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Thu 11/26
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THANKSGIVING
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Mon 11/30
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Social Evolution
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Wed 12/2
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Human Evolution
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Fri 12/4
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REVIEW SESSION
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Wed 12/9
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FINAL: 4-7 pm
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CLASSES: [Bio20C: EEB Intro] [Bio140L: Field Behavioral Ecology] [Bio140: Behavioral Ecology] [Bio143: Herpetology]
OTHER: [Reprints] [Curriculum Vitae] [Lizardland] [Sinervo Home] [EEB Home]
This page last updated 10/30/08 sinervo@biology.ucsc.edu