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Lecturer(s)
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Veselý Petr, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Konečná Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Duda Pavel, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1. Basic terms, the connection of behavioural ecology to other research fields (neurobiology, ethology, cognitive sciences, animal psychology, sociobiology. Tinbergens four whys, behaviour and instincts 2. Senses, cognition, learning and psychology 3. Food behaviour, optimal foraging theory 4. Competition, territoriality, song 5. Dispersion and migration 6. Selfish, altruistic and cooperation behaviour 7. Predation, antipredation strategies, mimicry, aposematism 8. Reproductive behaviour, sexual selection 9. Reproductive systems, extrapair paternity 10. Parental behaviour, brood parasitism 11. Sociality, eusociality 12. Natural variability, personal characteristics 13. Human behavioral ecology and evolutionary psychology
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Class attendance
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of this lecture is to present the basic topics of behavioural ecology. Besides the basic topics, a significant importance will be put to the recent trends in the research of behaviour in animals together with the vision in the future and with the topics, which are under research at our faculty.
The student will acquire knowledge in the field of behavioral ecology, which is one of the overarching backbone fields of research in Biology and Ecology defined within the National Qualifications Framework of Tertiary Education. Students will be acquainted with topics that are at the forefront of current knowledge in the field of behavioral ecology at the international level.
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Prerequisites
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There are no specific demands on the student as it is the introduction to the study of animal behaviour.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Test
Written exam consisting of five questions.
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Recommended literature
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Davies NB, Krebs JR, West SA (2012) An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology. Blackwell Science, LtD., fourth editon..
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Stevens M. (2013) Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution. Oxford University Press..
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Westnear DF, Fox CW (2010) Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. Oxford University Press..
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Wynne CDL, Udell MAR (2013) Animal Cognition: Evolution, Behavior and Cognition. Palgrave Macmillan..
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