BIOL 59200 Evolution of Behavior

Session Offered:
Spring Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:
None

Description:

An investigation of behaviors as adaptations: specializations of sensory and motor mechanisms involved in behavior; animal communication systems; behavioral ecology; patterns of social behavior as solutions to ecological problems, such as predator avoidance and resource exploitation. Emphasis will be on theoretical principles; examples will be broadly comparative, ranging from microorganisms to mammals. 

Instructor(s):
JEFFREY LUCAS
ESTEBAN FERNANDEZ- JURICIC

E-mail:
jlucas@purdue.edu ; efernan@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Animal Behavior an Evolutionary Approach

Author John Alcock

Publisher Sinaur

10th edition

New edition will be available February 2013

Notes:

Offered alternate years



Course Format:

CRN

Sec

Type

Days

Time

Location

64294

001

Lec

MWF

1130-1220

SMTH 118



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