BIOL 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Monarch Butterfly, Sphex, Whooping Crane

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1030
• Professor: Scott Kevin

Document Summary

Lecture 18: tinbergen"s second question: can experience modify a behaviour, there are two general types of behavior: innate and learned. One example being mate selection (using their mothers to know what a mate should look like). Carries with them forever: sensitive period also involves learning migratory paths (parents teach offspring the paths and this can be passed through generations), whooping crane numbers are low because they imprint on humans and don"t mate. Therefore, scientists usually wear masks and use puppets to ensure they imprint on their own species to make proper mate selections. The scientists also teach them migratory paths: chemical imprinting is also important for some organisms. One type of such learning is with spatial learning where objects in the environmental vicinity is used to learn your way around: the digger wasp digs holes in the ground and lay eggs (nest).