ENWC314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Hawaiian Honeycreeper, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Behavioral Ecology

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC314
• Professor: York Joanna

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4. 1 behavioral ecologists analyze the ecological and evolutionary contexts of. Behaviors: the ecology if a species is ultimately determined by interactions between individuals and their environment. The environment includes other individuals of the same species as well as members of other species, such as predators. The environment also includes physical factors, such as temperature, rainfall and wind. Nikolaas tinbergen, one of the founders of behavioral ecology, asked this question in the early 1960s. He hypothesized that, by removing eggshells from the nest, gulls reduce the risk of egg predation by crows. As he had predicted, the white eggs were more likely to be eaten by crows: why" questions concern the current function and evolution of behaviors, adaptation through natural selection. Evolution is the change in the characteristics of species over time. Many characteristics of organisms are clearly not random, but are well suited to the organisms" particular lifestyles.