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| ZOOL0213-1 | Advanced Questions on Ethology | ||||||||
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 15h Pr | ||||||||
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| Holder(s) : | Mathieu Denoël | ||||||||
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| Course contents : | The course is a complement to the general course of ethology given in the first cycle. It focuses on behavioural ecology and gives functional explanations to the complexity of behavioural patterns exhibited in varied environmental situations. The course explains how behaviours contribute to survival and reproductive success of individuals and how the observed tactics may have been selected. Optimality and maximalisation are of primary importance in this perspective. After a general introduction (first lecture), the course is divided in three main chapters: resource exploitation (lecture 2), reproductive systems (lectures 3 to 6) and interactions (lecture 7). - Chapter 1: main concepts and methods in behavioural ecology. - Chapter 2: choice of feeding patches, dietary items, reproductive habitat, and dispersion. - Chapter 3: sexual dimorphism, mate choice, intra-sexual selection, sex roles, public information, mating systems, parental care, alternative mating tactics, and sperm competition. - Chapter 4: interactions with conspecifics (life in groups, cooperation, altruism) and with parasites. | ||||||||
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| Course objective : | The aim of the course is to explain relations among behaviour, ecology and evolution in a perspective of optimality and selection. It consists in explaining theories in behavioural ecology on diversity of behavioural patterns and in illustrating them with empirical data from varied zoological groups. | ||||||||
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| Prerequisites : | It is useful to have bases in ecology, ethology and evolution. | ||||||||
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| Workshops : | Bibliographic report on a specific topic in behavioural ecology | ||||||||
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| Organization : | The lectures are given in Jeuniaux room at the Institute of Zoology, Quai van Beneden 22, 4020 Liège, Thursdays 2 - 4.30 PM from October 6 for students in biological sciences. The lectures for students in psychological sciences are given in the second semester. | ||||||||
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| Written notes : | Power-Point slides will be available on the web site of the Behavioural Biology Unit http://www.etho.ulg.ac.be/denoel/cours.html | ||||||||
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| Assessment : | The evaluation is based on an oral exam on the lectures and on a bibliographic report on a specific topic in behavioural ecology | ||||||||
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| Contacts : | Mathieu Denoël Behavioural Biology Unit Institute of Zoology (Bât. I1) University of Liege Quai van Beneden 22 4020 Liège E-mail: Mathieu.Denoel@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||
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Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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