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ETHOLOGY
cod. 02267

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Zoologia (BIO/05)
Field
Discipline naturalistiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to present the bases of study of animal behaviour, from the researches of the first ethologists to the most recent results in this field.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<ol>
<li>History of Ethology</li>
<li>Aims, methods and areas of ethology</li>
<li>Evolutionary approach to animal behaviour</li>
<li>Instincts and learning</li>
<li>Genetics of behaviour</li>
<li>Evolution of behaviour</li>
<li>The Learning</li>
<li>Play and the use of tools</li>
<li>Motivation</li>
<li>The Communication</li>
<li>The aggressive behaviour</li>
<li>The Territoriality</li>
<li>Reproductive behaviour and parental cares</li>
<li>The ecology of social behaviour</li>
<li>Insects Societies </li>
</ol>

Full programme

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Bibliography

Alcock J.: "Etologia - Un approccio evolutivo" Ed.: Zanichelli, 2007. <br />
Krebs J.R. e Davies N.B.: "Ecologia e comportamento animale" Ed.: Bollati Boringhieri, 2002. <br />
Manning A., Dawkins M.S.: "Il comportamento animale" Ed.: Boringhieri, 2003. <br />
AA.VV.: "Dizionario di Etologia" Ed.: Einaudi, 1992. <br />
Campan R., Scapini F.: "Etologia" Ed. Zanichelli, 2005. <br />

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