PSYC 305 Chapter Notes -Behavioral Ecology, Adaptationism, Metar
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Digger bee is male ( centris pallida) that has ability to detect emerging females from below the soils surface. Intermittent buzzing occurring in rhythm with leg strokes and antennal tapping. Why do bees from this species use the mating strategy of find buried females in order to. Natural selection: argues that living species are a product of unguided unconscious process of reproductive competition among their ancestors. (darwin) Behavioural ecologists are inspired by this when they ask questions about animal behaviour like the ones previously mentioned. Reproductively dominant individuals would inevitably reshape their species in their image/ old population evolves into one that has the stronger" traits. Can occur at the level of our genes; the genetic bases for these attributes will increase in frequency ( also applies to alleles) The only kind of hereditary characteristics that will become more common will not necessarily benefit the species as a whole (can be harmful to group survival on the long run)
