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Behavioral Ecology
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Hierarchy in Society
Territoriality in a Society
Each member has a position based on the amount of aggressiveness the member exhibits
Social behavior that involves defense of a limited area
Parental Care
in Society
Care of the young is an important part of successful reproduction in many species
Communication in
Society
Communication is done by means of sound, touch or chemical/electrical signals
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By:
Edona Ramadani
Erëza Talla
13 Strange Animal Behaviors
9 weird ways animals communicate
Plants have behaviors which depend on gravity, light, temperature, humidity etc.
Behavioral Ecology
Ethology
Bizarre behavior of Horned Lizard
Study of animal behavior with special attention to psychological and ecological aspects
Behaviors are usually based on protection, nutrition and reproduction
Social Behavior
The interaction of two or more animals, usually of the same species
Most plant behaviors are
termed as Tropism
Tropism can be positive (toward) or negative (away)
All the actions of an organism make up its behavior
Behavior is a series of activities that occur in response to a stimulus
Why do plants grow toward a certain direction?
Organisms have interaction between abiotic components of the ecosystem and among each other
Genes result from both, genes and environmental factors
Society and its Features
A society is an actively cooperating group of individuals belonging to the same species
Types of
Behaviors
Innate Behaviors
Learned Behavior
Genetically programmed behaviors
-Results from experience
Involves some choice of responses to give stimulus
Examples: Hibernation in bears, web weaving in spiders, nest building in birds etc.
4. Insight
1. Habituation
-An organism learns to respond to "irrelevant" stimuli
Ability to find a solution to unfamiliar problems
3. Imprinting
2. Conditioning
An animal and person learning the characteristics of some stimulus, which is later imprinted
-Type of learning that an animal learns to respond in a customary way to a stimulus.
Kondrad Lorenz
2.1. Classical conditioning
2.2 Operant Conditioning
Animal learns to associate one of its behaviors with a reward or a punishment
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner