BIOL 340 - Experimental Animal Behavior

1 unit(s)

Examination of the relationship between behavior and the individual animal’s survival and reproductive success in its natural environment. Evolutionary, physiological, and developmental aspects of orientation, communication, foraging, reproductive tactics, and social behavior are considered. Methodology and experimental design are given particular emphasis, and students will complete an independent research project by the end of the semester. The department.

Prerequisites: two units of 200-level biology or one unit each of 200-level biology and psychology.

Recommended: BIOL 226, BIOL 228, BIOL 238, BIOL 244, BIOL 248, NEUR 201, or PSYC 200.

Not offered in 2014/15.

Two 2-hour periods.