ANP 206 Midterm: ANP 206 - Section 2 Lecture 2 Study Guide
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Socioecology: the study of social structure and organization in relationship to environmental factors (habitat, diet, presence of predators, and other aspects of ecology). Sociobiology: the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective, particularly the role of natural selection (biological/genetic basis for all social behavior). Describe and explain the advantages and disadvantages of living. In a group as it relates to danger avoidance, food, and sex. Familiar with the examples i provided in class and be able to. Naturally, your most intense competition for resources will be members of your own species. So, why would you deliberately associate with them? dogs. compared to faster. groups. Estimates include highs of over 15%/year to 0% Groups of primates observed to chase off lions, leopards, cheetahs, and wild. During times of high predation risk, primates often band together. When threatened, baboons tend to stay closer to one another and move. Populations with high predation need constant vigilance, so they live in large.