Behavioral Ecology

Exam 1

Ecology

interactions between organisms and their physical environment (abiotic)

behavior

motion

time and energy

Everything costs _________

behavioral ecology

how individuals are interacting

Populations

Animals occupying same geographic area that can successfully interbreed and interbreed and produce viable offspring

Communities

organisms of different species occupying the same geographic area

ethogram

definitions of mutually exclusive behaviors

behavior stream

behavior/movement that is constant

scan sampling

a type of random sampling where you record the behavior at a predetermined time

Frequency Bar Graph

how do you show the results of testing an ethogram

behavior set

collection of different actions or responses that an animal can exhibit in specific situations or environments

behavior events

behaviors that occur over a relatively short timeframe, and can generally be expressed as a frequency

threat-trailing, radio telemetry, GPS, Fluorescent dusting, Post-hoc trails, visual mapping, trail cameras, and MOCUS

What are 8 ways to monitor animal movement

Ideal Free Disitribution

occurs when animals are located in the environment without being influenced by other animals or other environmental factors

landscape of fear

the thought/idea that a danger may be present

intraspecific competition

competition within the same species

interspecific competition

competition between species

quality of patch decreases with the density of individuals

assumption of IFD

animals will settle in areas where reproductive success is maximized

Prediction of IFD

Territory

area where the owner has sole or prioritized access to resource