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
3/16/2018 2:18:02 PM