ANSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ethogram, Ontogeny, Ethology
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Movement, social interaction, cognition, and learning and their relation to the animal. Whether it be in food source, or moving based on their needs (birds migrating down south) Important because it allows us to provide better animal welfare (understanding their natural behavior and environment allows us to create a better living space or habitat for them), makes handling them easier. Types of behavior include: solitary, food related, social, aggressive, and off exhibit. Behaviors include sleep, playing, eating, stealing food, fighting, etc. How does the behavior help the animal survive? (survival value) How does the behavior change throughout the animal"s life? (ontogeny) How did older generations contribute to the development of the behavior? (evolution) Ontology involves both genetic and environmental (or learned) components. Young learning from an adult is an environmental component. Determine usefulness in terms of fitness (survival and reproduction) Origin of behavior from a distant time. Birds in isolation vs birds surrounded by other songs have different songs.
