Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Grao en Bioloxía |
Subjects |
Etoloxía |
Contents |
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Identifying Data | 2015/16 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Etoloxía | Code | 610G02038 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Fourth | Optativa | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Part 1. Fundamental concepts of Ethology | 1.1 Introduction and history of Ethology. 1.2 Proximate causes and ontogeny of behaviour 1.3 Evolution and adaptative value of behaviour 1.4 Group selection and kin selection |
Part 2. Taking decissions | 2.1 Optimality models in animal behaviour 2.2 Predation and anti-predator behaviour 2.3 Habitat selection. Dispersal, philopatry and territoriality 2.4 Orientation and migration |
Part 3. Sex and behaviour | 3.1 Sexual reproduction: costs and benefits 3.2 Ecology of mating systems 3.3 Sexual selection 3.4 Parental care |
Part 4. Group living | 4.1 Communication. Ecology and evolution of signals 4.2 Some aspects of social organization 4.3 Altruism and cooperation |
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