BIOL 4405 - Animal Behavior

(4 CR, 4T + 0L)

The study of animal behavior brings together research on the proximate causes of behavior such as genetics, neurobiology, and endocrinology, as well as the ultimate functions of behavior that affect an animal’s evolutionary fitness integrating aspects such as communication, aggression, sexual reproduction, parental investment and mating systems. The course will focus on theory and experimental/observational hypothesis testing, with many examples from nature.