ANFS350- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 50 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS350
• Professor: Emara Marlene

Document Summary

Expert in animal behavior, especially related to the design of animal facilities. It is a response or reaction to a stimulus (physiological or environmental) A behavior may involve one or several individuals. It includes all types of activities performed by animals (locomotion, grooming, repro. Definition: refers to the scientific study of animal behavior. Ethologist- refers to those people who study animal behavior. Ethology provides information so that we can describe, analyze, and predict the res. Chewing behavior - low phenotypic variability among animals. Aggressive behavior - high phenotypic variability among animals. Niko tinbergen (1963): four major questions in the study of animal behavior. Immediate things that you see that might cause that behavior. What causes a bird to sing? (what are the mechanisms underlying singing behavior. Evolutionary approach; behaviors are preformed to increase the chance for survival. Foraging, fighting, habitat selection are easy to explain. New areas; reproduction (mate choice, mating system, social groups)