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Lecturer(s)
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Bureš Stanislav, prof. Ing. CSc.
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Course content
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Aim of this course is to explain importance of the behaviour for reproduction and surviving. Why animals behave in particular way, why does the behaviour change and how animals adapt behaviour to changing environment. Explanation of behaviour at proximate and ultimate level, group, individual and gene (genotype) selection, genetic background of the behaviour. Sexual selection, sex conflict, mating system and parental care. Optimalization of the behaviour with respect to source protection and territoriality, evolutionary competition between predator and prey, co-existence in communities, cooperation, altruism. Principle of the evolutionary stable strategies, alternative reproduction modes. Hypotheses testing in etoecology, methods used, complicating factors, design of the experiments, modelling, practical examples of particular research tasks.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Aim of this course is to explain importance of the behaviour for reproduction and surviving
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - Explain the importance of the behaviour for reproduction and surviving. - Explain the behaviour at proximate and ultimate level, group, individual and gene (genotype) selection, genetic background of the behaviour. - Explain the sexual selection. - Explain the principle of the evolutionary stable strategies. - Test the hypotheses and design the experiments in etoecology.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
credit: 80% attendance, working out the seminary task exam: knowledge in extent of the lectures
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Recommended literature
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Krebs, J. R. a Davies, N. B. 1996: An introduction to behavioural ecology. Blackwell, Oxford. Franck, D. 1996: Etologie. Karolinum, Praha. Dawkins, R. 1998: Sobecký gen. Mladá fronta, Praha. .
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