18 February MID-TERM EXAM Time & Place TBA Tues 19 February Constraints on adaptation Wed Studying Behavioral Adaptations 21 February Studying behavioral adaptations Fri 24 February 8 Optimal foraging Optimality Modeling and Mon Trade-offs: Foraging 26 February Modeling behavior behavior Wed (Text Ch. 12) 28 February Modeling behavior continued Fri 9 3, 5, 7 Spring Break 10 March 10 Migration Mon Migration, Aggression, and 12 March Choosing where to live Habitat selection Wed (Text Ch. 11) 14 March Aggression Fri 17 March 11 Communication Mon Communication 19 March Evolution of signals (Text Ch. 16) Wed 21 Case studies in communication Fri 24 March 12 Differential mating success Mon Reproductive behavior & 26 March Sexual Selection Processes of sexual selection Wed (Text Ch. 14) 28 March Mate choice Fri 31 March 13 Sex contract video (print sheet for class!) Mon Mating Systems 2 April Mating system patterns (Text Ch. 15) Wed 4 April Leks Fri 7 14 Parental behavior Parental Care Mon (Text Ch. 15) 9 April Conflicts over parental investment Wed
18 February Tues MID-TERM EXAM Time & Place TBA 19 February Wed Studying Behavioral Adaptations Constraints on adaptation 21 February Fri Studying behavioral adaptations 8 24 February Mon Optimality Modeling and Trade-offs: Foraging behavior (Text Ch. 12) Optimal foraging 26 February Wed Modeling behavior 28 February Fri Modeling behavior continued 9 3, 5, 7 Spring Break 10 10 March Mon Migration, Aggression, and Choosing where to live (Text Ch. 11) Migration 12 March Wed Habitat selection 14 March Fri Aggression 11 17 March Mon Communication (Text Ch. 16) Communication 19 March Wed Evolution of signals 21 Fri Case studies in communication 12 24 March Mon Reproductive behavior & Sexual Selection (Text Ch. 14) Differential mating success 26 March Wed Processes of sexual selection 28 March Fri Mate choice 13 31 March Mon Mating Systems (Text Ch. 15) Sex contract video (print sheet for class!) 2 April Wed Mating system patterns 4 April Fri Leks 14 7 Mon Parental Care (Text Ch. 15) Parental behavior 9 April Wed Conflicts over parental investment
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