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Animal Behavior - Coe College Wilderness Field Station
Saturday, July 07, 2018, 8:00 AM to Saturday, August 04, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
Category: Course

Animals engage in a bewildering diversity of behaviors: moths "jam" the sonar of bats, wasps try to mate with flowers, whales communicate over kilometers of open ocean, and bees "dance" to tell their sisters when and where to forage. In this class we will explore both the ways scientists have tried to unravel the mysteries of animal behavior and the understanding that this research has provided. The unifying principle of most modern studies of animal behavior studies is that behavior, like morphology, physiology or cellular processes, has evolved under natural selection. To begin to fully understand animal behavior, however, we will look at behavior from several perspectives, including its physiological, genetic and environmental causes as well as its adaptive significance. We will review studies from around the world and apply what we learn from these to questions about species found in the boundary waters region.

Web Address of Course Info:
http://www.coe.edu/fieldstation-courses#bio285

Contact (Name and email):
Jesse Ellis [email protected]