Date

Lecture

Field

Deliverables

Chapter

Fri 30 May

Introduction to Animal Behavior

Ethogram

1, 2

Research Assignment, Experimental design IACUC animal use certification

Antipredator responses
On-line IACUC certification

Grouping behavior

Wading pool observations

Tue 3 June

None

Fish Shoals:
PM: Shoaling preferences

Ethogram
IACUC certificate

6

Fri 6 June

Foraging, Optimality, Risk-sensitive behavior

Seed trays in forest/meadow

Mini-report on
Shoal preferences

7,8

Tue 10 June

Aggression, Contests, Territoriality, Home Range, RHP, Dominance hierarchies

Set up chemical ecology sponges

Mini-report on
Diet selection

8

Wed 11 June

None

Colonial breeding in birds
Conservation biology: science v politics

10,11,12

Fri 13 June

None

Chemical ecology experiment

6

Tue 17 June

Sexual selection, parental care, mating systems

Set small mammal grid
Early evening: Set Sherman traps
Late at night: Shake and Bake

10,11,12

Wed  18 June

None

Territoriality in redwing blackbirds
After dark: Track powder trails

Mini-report on niche partitioning

 10,11,12

Fri 20 June

Evolution of Communication

Siblicide by herons
Bison Behavior

9

Tue 24 June

Altruism, kin selection

Independent research projects

13

Fri 27 June

Evolution of human behavior

Independent research projects

14

Tue 1 July

AM: Final Written Exam

PM: Presentation of projects

Project report