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Animal Behaviour - BBE200
This unit explores the fascinating world of animal behaviour, searching out unifying principles that underlie the extreme diversity of nature. Why do birds and bees sing and dance? What keeps families together? How do animals find food? How do animals with very different sensory systems find their way about? This unit briefly explores the physiological and neural mechanisms underpinning behaviour, and then focuses on the function and evolution of natural behaviour. Lectures explore the natural behaviour of diverse animal species, from insects to humans, using instructive examples to illustrate evolution, navigation, foraging, predator–prey interactions, mating systems, mate choice, conflict, communication, and social behaviour. Practical work involves observation of the behaviour of avian and invertebrate species, hypothesis development, data collection and analysis.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde Xc2 - External study (composite mode); Offered in Session 2 |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Jennifer Clarke |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science |
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