Provide an example of a life history trade-off [BIOL 1011]
Analyze and assess research papers in behavioural ecology in discussion with peers (tutorial) [BIOL 3062] Apply behavioural ecology to problems in animal conservation [BIOL 3062] Apply ecological concepts to birds. [BIOL 3622] Calculate the fitness associated with different life histories, as represented by different ages at maturity, reproductive costs, and levels of fishing. [BIOL 4080] Describe life history theory and explain how it relates to the evolution of age and size at maturity, and the evolution of reproductive effort. [BIOL 3080] [BIOL 4080] Discuss current topics in marine sciences that are at the forefront of fundamental and applied research. [MARI 4350] Evaluate current literature on the applications of biologging methods to a variety of species and ecological topics. [BIOL 4323] Explain and apply the basic steps in optimality models (including game theory models) [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the main models explaining sex ratios, sexual selection, and mate choice [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the main models explaining the evolution of parental care [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the main models of competition, territoriality, and contests [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the main selective pressures on animal signals [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the main theories to explain the evolution of cooperation and the main selective pressures favoring cooperative breeding in vertebrates [BIOL 3062] Explain and apply the principles of natural selection as they apply to behaviour [BIOL 3062] Explain and contrast the main approaches to applying behavioural ecology to humans [BIOL 3062] Generate hypotheses and design an observational experiment that tests simple hypotheses in behavioural ecology (tutorial) [BIOL 3062] Identify and apply diet choice and patch models of foraging and their basic modifications [BIOL 3062] Identify and understand basic anti-predator strategies and characteristics of predator-prey evolutionary arms races [BIOL 3062] Identify the costs and benefits of different life history strategies (e.g. migration, breeding, spacing behaviour). [BIOL 3622] Integrate knowledge of principles and methods into the design of a research proposal that effectively addresses a realistic and unique problem in ecology. [BIOL 4323] Predict mating systems in mammals and birds based on their ecology [BIOL 3062] Synthesize a current research area in behavioural ecology and write a review paper on the topic [BIOL 3062] Understand how marine mammal abundance is measured and the significance of life history parameters in population dynamics and have a basic understanding of the factors which contribute to the formation of new colonies [BIOL 3090] Understand the meaning of life history and the life history characteristics of cetaceans and pinniped and the factors that shape their evolution [BIOL 3090]
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