Exam 53: Behavioral Biology

Your study buddy is frustrated."This book says that a single gene can make mice exhibit a certain behavior.That's ridiculous! How can you build any kind of neural circuit with just one gene?" What is your response?

Which are examples of advantages that different species might have due to living in a group? (Check all that apply.)

In species where the young are precocial,meaning requiring little parental care,males may be more likely to be what?

Female fire beetles,Melanophilia sp.,must seek out freshly-burned trees to lay their eggs in so the larvae can feed on the burned wood.What specialized neural structures might you expect these beetles to have to facilitate this behavior?

As an animal matures,it forms attachments to other individuals and develops preferences.This process is called

What would be included under the umbrella of "inclusive fitness"? (Check all that apply.)

In an experiment studying predator and prey relationships,a scientist offers a naïve toad a bumblebee as food.The bee stings the toad when the toad tries to catch and eat the bee.Subsequent feeding trials with the toad reveal that the toad avoids feeding on bumblebees.This is a demonstration of

Insect workers propagate more of their own alleles by helping their mother reproduce rather than by reproducing themselves; thus,they share a larger fraction of their ________ with the next generation.

What is the flash pattern used by female fireflies to attract males of their species an example of?

In the phalarope,or wadepiper bird,the male is unusual in playing the larger parenting role -- he performs all the egg incubation and chick care.What unusual behavior might you predict for the female of the species?

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Information processing that suggests thinking.

The neural circuit that allows a male stickleback fish to orient and behave aggressively towards an inanimate object with a red stripe is an example of a(n)

Konrad Lorenz demonstrated that newly hatched birds would direct their social behavior toward him if they saw him first after they hatched from their eggs.What is this called?

Courtship is often dependent on what?

Chemical signals that mediate interactions between two or more members of a given species are called ________.

One spring,your friend living in Minnesota eagerly sets up her new hummingbird feeders,and is thrilled to watch hummingbirds feeding on the nectar.However,she is disappointed when after just a week or two the hummingbirds disappear.What advice would you give her?

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Social attachments are formed between parents and offspring.

Recently the focus of research in behavioral ecology has been on the contribution by behavior to an animal's reproductive success.What is this called?

In many animals,________ guides learning by determining what type of information can be learned,meaning that what an animal can learn is often biologically influenced.

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Move long distances using sun and stars.