Behavioral Ecology

Description

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1 or 7B, Mathematics 3C or 32A or Life Sciences 30B. Recommended: course 129. Evolutionary perspective of behavioral ecology, with extended consideration of selfish DNA, conflict with genomes, natural selection and coevolution, kin selection and diversity in group functioning … For more content click the Read More button below.

Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1 or 7B, Mathematics 3C or 32A or Life Sciences 30B. Recommended: course 129. Evolutionary perspective of behavioral ecology, with extended consideration of selfish DNA, conflict with genomes, natural selection and coevolution, kin selection and diversity in group functioning and cooperation, social learning, game theory and alternative life histories, and human behavioral ecology. Concurrently scheduled with course C126. Letter grading.

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Lecture

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Discussion

Concurrent Course

A pair of upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses that share a primary activity. They are scheduled at the same time and place with the same instructor.

General Catalog 2022-23