Browse Hierarchy BIOL5022: Animal Behaviour

An advanced study of the physiological, morphological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying behavioural traits and their variation in animals. Within this module, consideration is given to the influences of resource type and quality on animal behaviour, the evolutionary development of behavioural traits and the acquisition of new behaviours. Interactions between behaviour and morphology and the constraints imposed on behaviour by physiology are emphasised and the importance of behaviour in determining biotope occupancy and resource exploitation explored.