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Male sailfin blennies (Emblemaria pandionis)
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Taught by Professor Ken Clifton
This course broadly exposes students to evolutionary and ecological processes that promote the vast diversity of behaviors found on our planet. A strong emphasis on natural selection and the adaptiveness of behaviors pervades the course. The curriculum aims to define and organize this diversity for upper-division undergraduate students by considering two basic questions: How do animals behave (Ethology) and why do they behave as they do (Behavioral Ecology)?