Week 15- Co-Operation and Altruism in the Social Insects
Material
Book: An introduction to behavioral ecology by Nicholas B. Davies, John R. Krebs and Stuart A. (Pages 360-393)
Course Material
- Week 1-Natural Selection, Ecology and Behavior
- 2. Testing Hypotheses In Behavioral Ecology
- Week 3- Economic Decisions and the Individual
- Week 4- Predator Versus Prey: Evolutionary Arms Races
- Week 5- Competing for resources
- Week 6- Living in Groups
- Week 7- Fighting and assessment
- Week 8- Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection
- Week 9- Parental Care
- Week 10- Mating systems
- Week 11. Alternative Breeding Strategies
- Week 12- On Selfishness and Altruism
- Week 13- Co-Operation and Helping In Birds
- Week 14- Co-Operation and Helping in Mammals, and Fish
- Week 15- Co-Operation and Altruism in the Social Insects
- Week 16. The Design Of Signals: Ecology And Evolution
- Mid term Exam after 8 weeks
- Final Term Exam after 16 weeks
- Chapters 18
- Department Zoology
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar
