Animal Behaviour 1

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The study of how biological processes influence behaviour.
Physiological
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The concept that describes how evolution shapes behaviours over time.
Evolutionary
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Animals living in groups often have this type of structure.
Social
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The act of exchanging information between animals.
Communication
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This type of selection relates to mate choice in animals.
Sexual
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An animal's area in which it regularly travels and feeds.
Home range
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The behaviour of defending a specific area against others.
Territoriality
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The study of how animals find and consume food.
Feeding
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How animals think and learn from their surroundings.
Cognition
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The type of behaviour exhibited during mating.
Reproductive
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The relationship between environment and animal behaviour.
Habitat
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A key process in evolutionary change, affecting behaviour.
Adaptation
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Animals may form hierarchies within their social groups, known as this.
Dominance
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Type of learning where behaviour is changed based on consequences.
Operant
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Communication often involves this type of signal, such as body language.
Nonverbal
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An important factor influencing group living among animals.
Resources
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Behaviour that occurs in response to a stimulus.
Reflex
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The area an animal defends from others of the same species.
Territory
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A social system where one male mates with multiple females.
Polygyny
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The process by which animals learn through watching others.
Imitation
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Animals communicate using these, like sounds and pheromones.
Signals
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This concept describes an animal's fitness based on its reproductive success.
Inclusive
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A term for the specific behaviours related to feeding.
Foraging
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A group of individuals of the same species living together.
Colony
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The relationship between animals and their physical environment.
Ecology
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A type of communication that involves vocal sounds.
Vocalisation
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A behaviour that increases the chances of survival.
Adaptive
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This type of selection occurs when females choose mates based on traits.
Mate Choice
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Behaviours that are inherited and not learned.
Innate
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The concept that describes how species evolve to exploit specific resources.
Niche
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