BIOL150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Bluegill, Bee Hives, Behavioral Ecology
14 Sep 2018
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About genetics, hormonal signals, neural signalling, natural selection, evolutionary history, and ecological interactions. Proximate and ultimate causation: proximate (or mechanistic) causation explains how actions occur in terms of the neurological, hormonal, and skeletal muscular mechanisms involved. E. g. how do the spiny lobsters find their way back: ultimate causation (or evolutionary) causation explains why actions occur- based on their evolutionary consequences and history. Fixed action patterns: highly inflexible, stereotyped behaviour patterns. Innate behaviour: inherited, and shows little variation based on lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g or the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) This type of behaviours are simple actions that researchers usually begin with: most behaviour is flexible and condition dependent. Show flexibility in response to changing environmental conditions. Most animals have a range of actions that they can perform in response to a situation; they make decisions about what to do. Condition dependent: make different decisions depend on the given environments.
