[EE BIOL 100] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (28 pages long!)

• School: UCLA
• Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Course: EE BIOL 100
• Professor: Blumstein, D.T.Fong, P.M.

Document Summary

Welcome to eeb 100 introduction to ecology and behavior. Readings alcock chapters 1 & 2 (10th ed. Learning objectives: co(cid:373)pa(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ast (cid:374)atu(cid:396)al sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374), a(cid:396)tifi(cid:272)ial sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374), g(cid:396)oup sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:858)t(cid:396)ait g(cid:396)oup sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:859), ki(cid:374) sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d se(cid:454)ual sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374). (cid:894)this o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) late(cid:396) lectures) Ethology & behavioral ecology: ethology: the naturalistic study of animal behavior (c. f. , comparative psychology learning and cognition) generally, a broader perspective, behavioral ecology: an evolutionary and ecological approach to studying behavior. As currently practiced, it is multi-disciplinary and integrative. think: natural selection: adaptive value of traits, hormones, genes, effects animals have on other animals or even not-yet-born animals. What does behavioral ecology study: the effects that animals have on other animals or as yet unborn animals, animal = anything that can evolve or is subject to the forces of natural selection. A characteristic that confers higher fitness on individuals than any other existing alternative exhibited by other individuals within the population.