BIO1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Magnetite, Behavioral Ecology, Ethology
13 Oct 2018
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-behaviour typically concerns movement, animals need to move to find food, water and other resources, avoid predators and find mates stimulate from environment. -behaviour results from a response to either an external or internal stimulus(or set of stimuli) -definition: behaviour is the nervous system"s response to a stimulus, carried out by the muscular or the hormonal system. -behaviour is subject to natural selection natural can evolve. Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, and today the field is called behavioural ecology. What is the honeybee doing? locate the food place. Waggle dance food dose not nearby, angle indicate the place. -distinguish member of their species and member of others. Biological species concept assumes that animals of same species communicate this effectively. Also use signal mating dance to distinguish the species. -gap limited female od big gap may easy to get food and better for offspring.
