| Course title | |||||
| 動物行動学 [Veterinary Ethology] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 2～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01VN2115 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 佐藤 俊幸, 小山 哲史 [SATO Toshiyuki, KOYAMA Satoshi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | 3-211 | 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 |
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To understand basic ethology and veterinary ethology, especially concepts of sexual selection, kin selection and the inclusive fitness theory. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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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.コアカリ準拠の森 裕司 / 武内ゆかり / 内田佳子著「動物行動学」インターズー社も購入しておくと良い。 |
| References |
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「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 |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/1/2019 6:43:20 PM |