ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

Catalog description

A comprehensive introduction to the study of behavior that is organized around Niko Tinbergen's "four questions" that are asked about behavior: What is the immediate causation, the development, the evolutionary function, and evolutionary history of the particular behavior in question. Topics include: behavior genetics, evolution, predation, predator, avoidance, play, communication, cooperation, altruism, kin-selection, monogamy, polyandry, polygyny, territoriality, individual differences(nonhuman animal "personalities").