BSC 2011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 51: Karl Von Frisch, Fixed Action Pattern, Nikolaas Tinbergen
27 Aug 2016
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Humans have always studied animal behavior: knowledge of animal behavior = human survival. Behavioral ecology studies how animal behavior is controlled and how it develops, evolves, and contributes to survival and reproductive success. An organism"s behavior is tied to survival & successful reproduction. Ethology study of behavior & its relationship to its evolutionary origins: the study of how animals behave, especially in their native habitat. 3 important ethologists: karl von frisch honeybee communication & waggle dance, niko tinbergen fixed action pattern, konrad lorenz - imprinting. 2 levels of behavioral studies: proximate causes of behavior (how) Include the effects of heredity on behavior, genetic-environmental interactions: ultimate causes of behavior (why) Utility of behavior in terms of reproductive success. Learning: sophisticated process in which the responses of the organism are modified as a result of experience, modification of behavior based on specific experience, capacity to learn can be tied to:
