Mechanism of behavior/ nervous system and behavior
1. https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/nervous-system-influence-shaping-5842.php
2. Perspective on animal behavior by Goodenough, McGuire and Wallace. pp 149-197
Practical:
Pecking behavior of chickens.
1. https://www.communitychickens.com/pecking-order-explained/
Course Material
- Foundations of animal behavior
- Development of behavior/ Innate behavior
- Imprinting
- Kinds of behavior / innate and conditioned
- complex behavior pattern, habituation
- Mechanism of behavior/ nervous system and behavior
- Hormones and behavior
- Social behavior/ Agonistic, Altruistic, Kinship
- Mating, Ritualization, Dominance, Territoriality
- Biological rhythms/ circadian clocks, clock genes
- Social organization/ conflict, sexual behavior
- Reproduction and fitness
- parental care, social system
- Animal communication/ chemical attraction in moths
- Communication displays, communication in honey bee
- communication through pheromones
