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Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior. Spring 2011 Dr. Michelle Cawthorn M,W,F 1:25-2:15. Why is this animal doing that?. Those amazing animals. TPS: 4 explanations?. Tinbergen. Mechanisms Development/physiology survival value evolution. Tinbergen. Student of Lorenz

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Animal Behavior

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  1. Animal Behavior Spring 2011 Dr. Michelle Cawthorn M,W,F 1:25-2:15

  2. Why is this animal doing that?

  3. Those amazing animals TPS: 4 explanations?

  4. Tinbergen Mechanisms Development/physiology survival value evolution

  5. Tinbergen Student of Lorenz Draw a chart and divide by proximate and ultimate

  6. Dwarf Mongoose

  7. Background colonial dominance hierarchy; dominant breeder-helpers Why? How? • DWARF MONGOOSE

  8. More details Evolution & Survival Benefits? Costs?

  9. More details Choices for subordinates– Stay or go? Survival, reproduction, evolutionary origins

  10. More Details Mechanisms & Development What determines dominance?

  11. More Details What determines who gets to breed? Reproductive suppression males females

  12. More Details • In the end, it’s a combination of proximate and ultimate mechanisms that govern reproductive suppression

  13. This is typical of lots of behavior • But everybody can’t do everything, so people work on what’s interesting to them. • Flounder

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