BI 428 - Behavioral Ecology

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

Credits: 4
Hours (Lecture/Discussion/Lab): 4-0-0
Prerequisites: BI 210 and BI 215 or consent of instructor
Co-requisites: None

Behavior, just like any phenotype, is shaped by selection associated with various environments and ecological interactions. This course considers the diversity of behavior exhibited in natural populations, how it evolves under various ecological conditions, and approaches to testing hypotheses about behavioral evolution and adaptive functions.