LECTURE OUTLINES

Lecture outlines and recordings were in the folder that you used to be able to access by clicking here, but that I've removed until the course resumes in 2018. With some exceptions (e.g., guest lectures), each lecture outline will be posted at that link shortly before the lecture, and its recording will be posted after the lecture.

Note that we reserve the right to adjust the lecture outline immediately before the lecture. This means sometimes the outline you download and the outline presented in class may differ slightly.

If the recordings don't work on your browser, first try downloading them to your hard drive, and then listening to them with other software (e.g., Quicktime, RealPlayer, iTunes).

The textbook sections listed below correspond only roughly to the lecture material. You only need to know the lecture material; I offer the textbook sections in case they help you to understand and remember the lectures.

Date	Topic	Textbook section
9 Jan.	Introduction	Chapter 1, pp. 1-5
11 Jan.	Natural selection and behaviour	Chapter 1, pp. 5-23
13 Jan.	Methods in behavioural ecology 1	Chapter 2
16 Jan.	Methods in behavioural ecology 2	Chapter 2 Chapter 5, pp. 116-119
18 Jan.	Foraging	Chapter 3, pp. 52-70
20 Jan.	Predators and prey	Chapter 4, pp. 83-105
23 Jan.	Guest lecture (applications of beh. ecol.)
30 Jan.	Living in groups	Chapter 6, pp. 147-167
1 Feb.	Competition for resources and territoriality	Chapter 5, pp. 116-123
6 Feb.	Animal contests	Chapter 14, pp. 394-411
27 Feb.	Animal signals
6 March	Sex and the sex ratio	Chapter 10
8 March	Sexual selection	Chapter 7
10 March	Mating systems 1	Chapter 9, pp. 254-263
13 March	Mating systems 2	Chapter 9, pp. 264-281
15 March	Parental care	Chapter 8
17 March	Kin selection	Chapter 11
20 March	Cooperative breeding	Chapter 12
27 March	Reciprocity	Chapter 12
29 March	Sociality 1
31 March	Sociality 2
3 April	Human Behavioural Ecology
10 April	Applied behavioural ecology