ZL3061 - Behavioural Ecology

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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This subject combined the areas of behaviour, ecology and evolution to examine behavioural and ecological systems within an evolutionary framework. There is a strong emphasis on understanding how to derive and test adaptationist hypotheses, through a series of case studies that include: population genetics and selection, the organisation of complex systems, sex allocation and the evolution of eusociality, sensory ecology and human sociobiology.

Learning Outcomes

• familiarity with the process of natural selection and evolution;
• further develop written, verbal and presentation skills;
• understand how ecological and behavioural processes operate within an evolutionary framework;
• understand how to propose and evaluate alternative hypotheses concerning the evolution of ecological and behavioural characteristics.

Prerequisites:	(BS2001 OR BZ2400) AND (BZ2440 OR MB2060 OR ZL2007 OR ZL2102) or permission of HOS
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ZL5061

Availabilities
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	zlskr.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (40%); (20%).

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