Chapter 51 - Animal Behavior

Von Frisch

Von Frisch

________ was able to discern a "dance language "used by returning foragers to notify other bees about the distance and direction of the journey to a nectar source by meticulously documenting bee motions.

Sexual dimorphism

________ is related to mating relationship patterns, which include monogamous and polygamous mating systems.

Animal behavior

________ is frequently linked to the environment's circadian cycle of light and dark or to signals that cycle through the oceans.

Game theory

________ offers a means of thinking about evolution.

internal stimuli

The totality of an animal's responses to external and ________ is referred to as behavior.

distinct linkages

Learning creates ________ between experience and conduct.

laboratory studies

Controlled ________ can result in interpretable evolutionary changes in behavior.

Insect genetic research

________ have shown the existence of master regulatory genes that regulate complex behaviour.

Individual survival

________ and reproductive success selection can explain a wide range of behaviors.

Vole research

________ demonstrates how variations in a single gene may cause variances in complex behaviour.

Navigation

________ is required for migratory motions, which might be dependent on orientation relative to the sun, stars, or the Earth's magnetic field.

half circle

The bee follows a(n) ________ swing in one direction, a straight run during which it waggles its abdomen, and a(n) ________ swing in the opposite way while executing the dance.

Kin selection

________ promotes altruism by increasing the reproductive success of relatives.

aural cues

Humans, like birds, are diurnal and communicate largely through visual and ________.

optimum foraging model

A(n) ________ is based on the concept that natural selection should promote foraging behavior that reduces foraging costs while maximizing rewards.

coefficient of relatedness

The ________ and Hamilton's rule allow us to weigh the strength of the selection pressures promoting altruism against the possible cost of "selfless "action.

aural cues

Most birds, on the other hand, are diurnal (active largely during the day) and communicate primarily by visual and ________.