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BIOL 59200 Evolution of Behavior

Session Offered:

Spring Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:


Prerequisites:
GR-BIOL 59200 Requisites

General Requirements:

Student Attribute: GR
May not be taken concurrently.  )
or
 Course or Test: BIOL 12100
Minimum Grade of D-
May not be taken concurrently.  )
or
 Course or Test: BIOL 58000
Minimum Grade of D-
May not be taken concurrently.  )
or
 Course or Test: BIOL 28600
Minimum Grade of D-
May not be taken concurrently. )

Description:

This is an alternating year course. Next offered Spring 2021, Spring 2023. 

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):

Dr. Lucas as Instructor: 

Title: An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology
Author: Davies, NB, JR Krebs & SA West
ISBN: 9781405114165
Edition: 4th

Required

 

Dr. Fernandez-Juricic as Instructor: None

Notes:

Evening Exams Required. 

 

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors:     
      Biochemistry (Biology)
      Biochemistry Honors
      Biology
      Chemical Biology & Biochem
      Cell, Molec & Devel Biol
      Ecol, Evol & Environ Biol
      Genetics
      Health and Disease
      Microbiology Honors
      Microbiology
      Neurobiology & Physiology
      Science Education
May not be enrolled as the following Classifications:     
      Freshman: 0 - 14 hours
      Freshman: 15 - 29 hours
      Sophomore: 30 - 44 hours
      Sophomore: 45 - 59 hours



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