- chap06 Sexual Selection
BBC-LifeOfMammals/1.3_PlantPredators/#38:20
Bison 40:10 Bighorn Sheep 43:10 Topi fight
BBC-Galapagos/#35:15
Galapagos Sea Lions competing to be beachmaster
BBC-PlanetEarth/3.2_Jungles/#1:00
Bird of Paradise courtship - indirect benefit of colorful plumage
BBC-BluePlanet/4.7_TidalSeas/#39:55
Caribbean Flamingos feed on Brine Shrimp (for color - monogamous)
REDO runaway_selection
Pavlovian_conditioning-quail
sperm is not really mate choice? are they aroused?
remove PAV, overiding from sexual_imprinting.htm
AdventuresInBirdwatching/2.5_CostaRica/#9:10 Bare-necked Umbrellabird
- chap07 Mating Systems
BBC-Galapagos/#35:15
Galapagos Sea Lions competing to be beachmaster (for chap 6)
BBC-PlanetEarth/2.3_IceWorlds/#11:15
Emperor Penguins pair bond, #39:56 males protect eggs (use in chap 9)
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#29:10
Magpie geese polygynous male with 2 females
sperm_number
residual = observed - predicted
- chap08 Kinship
BBC-LifeOfMammals/2.1_Chisellers/#31:30
Belding's Ground Squirrel 2 types of alarm calls
BBC-LifeOfBirds/1.3_TheInsatiableAppetite/#7:35
Acorn Woodpecker store acorns in tree (dynasty)
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#14:00
Pelican chicks push youngest sibling out of nest
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#38:00
Arabian Babblers social bathing, preening
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#35:05
Widewing Chufs adult helpers, 36:10 Young helper at nest
BBC-LifeOfBirds/3.9_ProblemsOfParenthood/#16:10
European Cuckoo, 17:40 reed warbler parent
If c=1 and b=4; for r=.5 siblings: rb > c, Not for 0.25 uncle/nephew.
- chap09 Cooperation
BBC-LifeOnEarth/3.A_ThemeAndVariations/#27:55
Vampire Bat feeds on blood
BBC-BluePlanet/3.5_SeasonalSeas/#32:40
herring bait ball hunted to the last individual - 35:40 (chap 11 play OceanWorld)
BBC-PlanetEarth/2.3_IceWorlds/#39:56
Emperor Penguins rotate on edge - cooperation, no cheating
byproduct_mutualism-bluejays
should be iterated to be convincing
group_selection-M_pergandei
poor example of within-group selection, Pfennig (1995)
Buffalo inspect lions
(ch 11 mobbing)
Prisoner's
dilemma
1=C 2=B 3=B 4=E 5=D
6=B? 7=A 8=E 9=D 10=C
- chap10 Foraging
BBC-LifeOfBirds/1.3_TheInsatiableAppetite/#6:12
Eurasian Jays bury acorns & remember them (chap 1); 7:35 Acorn Woodpecker (chap 8)
BBC-LifeOfMammals/1.3_PlantPredators/#13:00
Bushbuck and African Elephants lick salt in cave
BBC-LifeOfMammals/2.2_MeatEaters/#19:00
Hunting Dogs hunt Wilderbeest, 25:40 wolves hunt Elk
BBC-PlanetEarth/3.2_Jungles/#41:00
40:00 elephants eat clay
Chimpanzee eats figs, raid neighbor terrotory eat carcass
marginal_value
τ = tau
preschool_imitators
froot loops, cocoa puffs, captn crunch
- chap11 Antipredator Behavior
BBC-LifeOfMammals/2.2_MeatEaters/#1:14:40
Cheetah catches Impala (Thompson's gazelle?), eats quickly
BBC-BluePlanet/3.5_SeasonalSeas/#32:40
herring bait ball hunted to the last individual (played in chap 9)
BBC-BluePlanet/1.1_OceanWorld/#12:20
Bronze Whaler Sharks & dolphins cut path thru sardine bait ball - 18:45
Buffalo mobbing lions
(chap 9 inspect)
Figure 11.1:
"rattlesnake" looks like a kingsnake.
minnow_foraging
talk first about response tradeoff, then Interpopulational Differences
arms_race-brain_size
Archaic period (Ancient Greece)? Paleogene 65M, Neogene 23M
1=d 2=c 3=E 4=e 5=A
6=b? 7=c 8=d 9=c 10=b
- chap12 Communication
Water strider:
leg hairs (microsetae) with fine nanogrooves.; PAPER CLIP surface tension
BBC-LifeOfMammals/2.1_Chisellers/#12:30
Alpine Marmot call, tail flag, fight for territory?
BBC-LifeInTheUndergrowth/1.3_TheSilkSpinners/#1:43:45
Mayflies (insect swarm?)
clever_Hans
comm. between species
chimp_hoots
High-ranking adult males pant-hoot most; identification, excitement.
color_signal
Atlantic salmon: English Channel, Scottish rivers (Pacific: Sockeye & Coho=red, Chinook)
raven_dominance
look at either bar: all birds, or screen between
sperm_whale-codas
just compare "Same group" and "Diff oceans"; Spearman correlation: rank 2 variables (IQ & TV hrs)
waggle
1=d 2=a 3=e 4=a 5=C
6=b? 7=c? 8=A 9=E 10=e
- chap13 Habitat Selection, Territoriality, and Migration
BBC-BluePlanet/4.7_TidalSeas/#42:50
Christmas Island Crabs migrate: lay eggs in ocean at low tide to avoid drowning
Gills at top of walking legs of decapod crustaceans.
ideal_free-data
orange points more profitabl patch?!?
Anoles
dewlap
bluegill
sneaker learn after being chased by parental, so become satellite
Florida scrub jays
helpers-at-the-nest
Painted Lady migrate from Mexico
bunting
rotate about Betelgeuse, in Orion, as north. Leading edge of Big Dipper: tip of Little Dipper handle is North
Star.
magnetic:
loggerhead; hammerheads around seamounts (volcanic basalt); bird brain magnetite. Monarch sun, Pacific Grove Monterey
- chap14 Aggression
BBC-Galapagos/#10:20
Blue-footed Booby diving; 2:08:50 mating, 2:11:15 Nazca Booby sibling
BBC-BluePlanet/3.5_SeasonalSeas/#25:20
Atlantic Lobsters fight for nest
hawk-dove:
if C > V -> mixture of hawks and doves.
bourgeois:
middle class;
reuse hawk-dove payoff matrix: both bourgeois-bourgeois and antibourgeois-antibourgeois like dove-dove?!?
Speckled wood butterfly:
Europe. High cost for intruder, since owner is warmed by sun in territory
antibourgeois_spiders:
not convincing - why not endless loop?
attrition
wear down enemy by constant battle - silent treatment.
winner_loser
may not be symmetrical; sibling_competition => booby chick hierarchy
chickens_pecking:
strike with beak; kept in cages.
Copperhead
Viperidae, no rattle
corticosterone:
adrenal cortex, in humans intermediate to aldosterone - reabsorb sodium in kidney.
low serotonin:
mammals aggression - neurotransmitter;
antidepressant drugs (fluoxetine=Prozac)) block reuptake into pre-synaptic terminal, increase synaptic serotonin.
Bystander effect (bystander learns something)/(imaginary) audience effect?
1=C 2=D 3=E 4=D 5=E
6=c? 7=B 8=e? 9=A 10=E
- chap15 Play
BBC-LifeOfMammals/1.3_PlantPredators/#38:20
Bison 40:10 Bighorn Sheep 43:10 Topi fight
play:
purposeless: not involved in survival/reproduction
play_bighorn:
bighorn sheep who stayed close to their mothers play less often
play_brain
Friedrich Froebel Kindergarten - building blocks self-directed activity, tactile/kinesthetic learning style.
Nova Family walks on all fours: reduced cerebellum
rat_dopamine:
rats that played b4 are more likely to cross tube to find play partner;
dopamine (also hormone) cannot cross blood-brain barrier; L-DOPA precursor treat Parkinson.
raven.shtml:
Tenebrio: Mealworm Beetle;
Raja erinacea: Little skate (ray);
Busycon: sea snail;
Papilio: swallowtail
OMIT
play_association: no correlation between play and phylogeny or sociality
1=D? 2=C 3=E 4=B 5=C
6=E 7=D 8=E 9=A 10=E
- chap16 Aging and Disease
senescence_age:
do inanimate objects senesce? bulbs, battery... wild studies unreliable since animals die from
predation
pleiotropy_timing
sickle cell - hemoglobun, oxygen, capillaries
run faster early in life, Parkinson's late (low dopamine - hormone/neurotransmitte)
tsetse:
parasite protozoa genus Trypanosoma; bite for bloodmeal.
abnormal_abdomen
early maturation -> obesity in girls;
Arthropod cuticle (exo) chitin (polysaccharide) & protein, + calcium in Crustacea.
longevity
residual = observed - predicted; resources eg: defibrillator
frog_parasite
Trematoda (fluke) : Platyhelminthes; cercaria, can cause swimmer's itch (avian hosts)
spicy_temperatures
Capsaicin in peppers boosts metabolic rate, prevent blood clots, fight cancer?
- chap17 Animal Personalities
BBC-LifeOfMammals/1.3_PlantPredators/#46:00
Spotted Hyena attacks Topi
IMAX-Coralfilm/#16:35
Common Octopus traps crustaceans with its tent
producers_scroungers
assume zero-sum of producers and scroungers?
ruff:
pied wagtail
satellite may help the owner defend territory for foraging.
Personality: Type A competitive, hostile aggressive, no relaxation.
Jung: Introvert Sensation/iNtuition Thinking/Feeling Judging/Perceiving
Homework topics: Chimpanzee, Carnivore, Guide Dog personalities?
Peter Chen.