Archive for June, 2009

2009 Week 5 Cooperation

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Using examples from your supplements and the chapters (Krebs & Davies 1993) about cooperation, helping and the design of communication signals, ….

2009 Week 4 Reproduction

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Using examples from your supplements and the chapters (Krebs & Davies 1993) about parental care & mating , alternative strategies of reproduction and selfishness/altruism

2009 Week 3 Social

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Using examples from your supplements and the chapters (Krebs & Davies 1993) about living in groups, fighting/assessing and sexual competition,….

2009 Week 2 Habitat

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Using examples from your supplements and the chapters (Krebs & Davies 1993) about economic decisions (foraging), predator/prey (coevolution) and competition for resources, …..

Through wolf eyes- transboundary stakeholders

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Lets dialogue about a chapter on endangered species in an upcoming new book from Arizona Press…

Bernal-Stoopen, Packard & Reading. in press

2009 Week 1 Natural Selection

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

During this first week of behavioral ecology, we read the first two chapters and selected personal supplements. These introductory chapters cover the basic concepts of natural selection and how they apply to hypotheses about the adaptation of animal behavior….

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