Animal Behavior

Access the Code of Honor created by the 2014 class HERE
Access the Code of Honor created by the 2015 class HERE

Access the Syllabus and Course Program for 1/2019 HERE 

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Access the study questions for the Test HERE
Access the group presentations schedule HERE

Access the reading assignments for the course:

  1. Platt, J. R. 1964. Strong inference.Science 146:1-11. PDF
  2. Dangles, O. et al. 2006. Spider´s attack versus cricket´s escape: velocity modes determine success. Animal Behaviour 72:603-610. PDF
  3. Zenette, L.Y. et al. 2011. Perceived predation risk reduces the number of offspring songbirds produce per year. Science 334:1398. PDF
  4. Metcalfe, J. et al. 2013. White-throated sparrows adjust behavior in response to manipulations of barometric  pressure and temperature. Anim. Behav. 86:1285-1290. PDF
  5. Axelrod, A. & Hamilton, W.D. 1981. The evolution of cooperation. Science 211:1390-1396. PDF
  6. Bain et al. 2014. Territory configuration moderates the frequency of extra-group mating in superb fairy-wrens. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.12959. PDF
  7. Hunt et al. 2004. Territory configuration moderates the frequency of extra-group mating in superb fairy-wrens. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.12959. PDF
  8. Baker et al. 2004. Polygynandry in a red fox population: implications for the evolution of group living in canids? Behav. Ecol. 15:766-778. PDF
  9. Tarof et al. 2004. Are least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) clusters hidden leks? Behav. Ecol. 16:207-217. PDF
  10. Morales, J. et al. 2012. Safe betting: males help dull females only when they raise high-quality offspring. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 66:135-143. PDF
  11. Wright, R. Our cheating hearts. Time Magazine, Aug. 15, No. 33. PDF
  12. Scelza, B.A. 2013. Choosy but not chaste: multiple mating in human females. Evol. Anthropol. 22:259-269. PDF  
Acesse os artigos para apresentação oral dos grupos:

1. Do newborn domestic rabbits...  PDF
2. Female choice for male motor skills... PDF
3. Birth order, individual sex and sex of competitors... PDF
4. Dynamic adjustment of parental care... PDF
5. Testing ecological and behavioral correlates... PDF
6. Speed of exploration and risk-taking behavior... PDF
7. Context-dependent genetic benefits of extra-pair... PDF
8. Symmetry and sexual dimorphism in human... PDF
9. Lifetime philopatry in the blue-footed booby...PDF
10. Differential effects of endoparasitism on ... PDF
11. Prosocial primates: selfish and unselfish motivations... PDF
12. Are yolk androgens and carotenoids in barn... PDF
13. Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals... PDF
14. The learning advantage: bird species that learn... PDF
15. Living with strangers: direct benefits favour non-kin... PDF
16. Bat predation and sexual advertisement in a Neotropical anuran. PDF
17. Senescent birds redouble reproductive effort when ill... PDF
18. Dance choreography is coordinated with song repertoire... PDF