EEB 2244 Lecture 8: Behavioral Ecology
22 Dec 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Behavioral ecology are important piece of the puzzle explaining why we find them in certain areas. An organism"s social structure and organization are influenced by its environment and. The interactions taking place within a species (social behaviors), are subject to natural. As a result, many of the social behaviors exhibited by a species should be adaptive in. Optimal grouping behavior has to balance a wide variety of costs and benefits all of. Being in group means that you can have more eyes looking out for potential threats. A group in ecological terms is a purposeful joining of individuals. Size of groups and amount of time that organisms of a species are willing to be a part of. Meerkats are known for having an individual as a lookout at any given point in time. selection. Have a genetic basis. some way, otherwise would be selected against over time.
