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Behavioral Ecology

Barry Sinervo

Copyright 1997-2009

Department of Ecology and

Evolutionary Biology, UCSC


Grade is based on Tutorials, Lab Reports, Term Paper, Midterm, Final , Regrades

 

Download the Chapter pdfs from the list to the right.

 

Date

Topic

Readings

(click to download)

Section

Fri 9/25

History and the Method

 

ch.1

 

Mon 9/28

Genes and Behavior

ch.2

The bean selection lab

Read for next weeks section

Wed 9/30

Natural and Sexual Selection

ch.3

 

Fri 10/2

Levels of Selection

ch.4

 

Mon 10/5

Speciation Mechanisms

 

 

Wed 10/7

Optimal Foraging

 

 

Fri 10/9

The Ecology of Foraging

 

 

Mon 10/12

Games animals play

 

 

Wed 10/14

Games animals play

 

 

Fri 10/16

Male Strategies and Male Assessment

 

 

Mon 10/18

Male Strategies and Male Assessment

 

 

Wed 10/21

Catch up on lectures

 

 

Fri 10/23

MIDTERM

 

 

Mon 10/25

Female Strategies and Mate Choice

 

 

Wed 10/28

Female Strategies and Mate Choice

 

 

Fri 10/30

Mating Systems, Parental Investment, Sexual Conflict

 

 

Mon 11/2

Mating Systems, Parental Investment, Sexual Conflict

 

 

Wed 11/4

Dispersal, Migration, and Orientation

 

 

Fri 11/6

Sensory Systems and Communicaiton

 

 

Mon 11/9

Predator and Prey

 

 

Wed 11/11

Holiday

 

 

Fri 11/13

Sex Determination and Differentiation

 

 

Mon 11/16

Development, Genes, Environment and Behavior

 

 

Wed 11/18

Development, Genes, Environment and Behavior

 

 

Fri 11/20

Learning and Cognition

 

 

Mon 11/23

Macroevolution and Phylogeny

 

 

Wed 11/25

Macroevolution and Phylogeny

 

 

Thu 11/26

THANKSGIVING

 

 

Mon 11/30

Social Evolution

 

 

Wed 12/2

Human Evolution

 

 

Fri 12/4

REVIEW SESSION

 

 

Wed 12/9

FINAL: 4-7 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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