Course title
動物行動学   [Veterinary Ethology]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	01VN2115
Instructor(s)
佐藤 俊幸, 小山 哲史   [SATO Toshiyuki, KOYAMA Satoshi]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

I will explain the adaptive significance (ultimate factor) and mechanism (proximate factor) of the behavior from an evolutionary point of view and how and why animals, also human beings, take such behaviors.

Expected Learning

To understand basic ethology and veterinary ethology, especially concepts of sexual selection, kin selection and the inclusive fitness theory.

Course schedule

1. Introduction: What is ethology? 2-3. Survival and behavior 4-6. Reproduction and behavior: sexual selection 7-9. Animal social behavior: Inclusive fitness and kin selection. 10. Human behavior 11-14. Veterinary ethology 15. Examination and answer

Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Materials

Moodle slides and texts.

References

「行動生物学」、小原嘉明　著、培風館 「動物の社会：社会生物学・行動生態学入門（改訂版）」、伊藤　嘉昭　著、東海大学出版会

Assessment/Grading

Eaxamination 70%. 30%:　a simple question every time and submit it to the last of the lecture.

Message from instructor(s)

Taste scientific fun understanding the different world by a new viewpoint and a way of thinking and I want you to learn it.

Course keywords

inclusive fitness, sexual selection, kin selection, social behavior, veterinary ethology

Office hours

mail to tsatoh＠cc.tuat.ac.jp or skoyama＠cc.tuat.ac.jp

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/21/2017 7:32:16 PM