Animal Behavior (BIOL-420)
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Course Description
Biology 420 is a 5-hour course including time each week either in the laboratory or in the field. Open to Uppers and Seniors who have had one year of laboratory science, the course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic principles of animal social behavior. The topics that receive the greatest emphasis are territoriality, aggression, mating strategies, courtship, parental behavior, migration, dominance, and the evolution of behavior patterns. Throughout the course, an effort is made to relate the behavior of animals to the behavior of humans. A project or a research paper will be required.
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Selected Internet Resources
- National Geographic Animals
- ARKive This is an online repository of digital images, video and sound clips of animal and plant species from around the globe.
- Academy of Natural Sciences Library Digital CollectionsThe cllections feature digitized plates, many in color, from important 18th to 20th century bookson insects, plants,fish, elephants, mollusks, microscopes, reeptiles, and birds.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library Sound & Video Catalog
This site allows visitors to hear sound clips, view videos, and see visualizations of animal sounds. Includes clips of thousands of sounds for approximately two-thirds "of the world's birds, and rapidly increasing holdings of insects, fish, frogs, and mammals." Searchable by common or scientific name, location, recording date, and other items. Some features require free software downloads. From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. URL:
