Mon, Jan 14

Introduction: Evolution and Behavior

Ch. 1 - 2, Ch.3 pp. 55- 80

Wed, Jan 16

Adaptation

Ch. 6, then Ch. 3 pp.80 - 95, then Ch. 9 pp. 275 - 282.

Mon, Jan 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Wed, Jan 23

Avoiding being eaten

Ch. 7, Ch. 6 pp. 187- 205

Mon, Jan 28 (last day to drop-no grade)

Avoiding being eaten, communication

Ch. 9 pp. 304- 307

Wed, Jan 30

Finding food

Ch. 7

Mon, Feb 4

Honeybees

Ch. 3, pp. 55-80

Wed, Feb 6

Behavior of food finding, communication and recruitment

Ch. 9, pp. 297-299.

Mon, Feb 11

Sensing the world

Ch. 4

Wed, Feb 13

Where to live - migration and navigation

Ch. 8, Ch. 4 pp. 130 - 139

Mon, Feb 18

First Exam Period M-W (Feb 18-20)

Ch. 8

Wed, Feb 20

Dunnocks

Mon, Feb 25

Sexual Selection

Ch. 10, pp. 317 - 333

Wed, Feb 27

Mate choice

Ch. 11, Ch. 9 pp. 288 - 296, pp. 307 - 313

Mon, March 3

Mating Systems

Ch. 11

Wed, March 5

Alternative Mating/Reproductive Systems

Ch. 10 pp. 334 - 340

Mon, March 10

Raising young

Ch. 12, Ch. 10 pp. 324 - 327

Wed, March 12

Second Exam Period W-F (March 12-14)

Mon, March 17

Spring Break

Wed, March 19

Spring Break

Mon, March 24

Sex ratios and sexual investment

Wed, March 26

Lions

Mon, March 31

April 1 is last day to drop

Ch. 13

Wed, April 2

More about Social Evolution

Ch. 13

Mon, April 7

Cooperative breeding

Ch. 13 hyaena

Wed, April 9

Cooperative breeding

Ch. 13 meerkat

Mon, April 14

Highly social behavior, Eusociality

Ch. 13 ants/termites

Wed, April 16

Highly social behavior, Eusociality

Ch. 13 anemones/mole rats

Mon, April 21

Primate Societies

vervet calls

Wed, April 23

Chimpanzees and other apes

chimp hunting

Mon, April 28

Human behavior

Ch. 14

May 6-8

Last Exam