BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVESTIGATIONS LL>C
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781264013548
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Question
Chapter 36.4, Problem 5MC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
In what way the observations of reproductive behavior in nonhuman animals enable researchers to make predictions about humans.
Concept introduction:
The human sexual behavior varies greatly from one person to another, but is quite possible to use the knowledge about reproductive behavior of non-human animals to make prediction about the humans. Evolutionary biologists and psychologists can then test the predictions by gathering data from human population.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
Female parasitoid wasps search for insect hosts in which to lay eggs, and they can often discriminate among individual hosts that are more or less suitable for their offspring. Behavioral ecologists have asked whether or not the wasps’ willingness to lay eggs in less suitable hosts varies with the female’s age. On the basis of life history theory, what pattern of change would you predict? Does life history theory make any other predictions about animal behavior?
Can you answer this question regarding fish
What benefit does parental care for eggs provide? What are the consequences?
The digger bee’s “postcopulatory courtship” consists of elaborate tactile stimulation that the male provides his partner after she has accepted his sperm. Why is this behavior a Darwinian puzzle, and what might its adaptive value be?
Dont' write from any online source.
Chapter 36 Solutions
BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS & INVESTIGATIONS LL>C
Ch. 36.1 - What is ethology?Ch. 36.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.2 - Prob. 5MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.3 - Prob. 3MC
Ch. 36.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.4 - Prob. 5MCCh. 36.5 - What are some benefits and costs of group living?Ch. 36.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 36.5 - Prob. 4MCCh. 36.6 - Prob. 1MCCh. 36.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 36 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 36 - Prob. 1WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 4WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 8WIOCh. 36 - Prob. 9WIOCh. 36 - In the 1930s. the population geneticist J.B.S....Ch. 36 - Prob. 1PITCh. 36 - Prob. 2PITCh. 36 - Prob. 3PIT
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- Discuss some advantages of sociality for animals. If social living has so many advantages, why do many animals successfully live alone?arrow_forwardWhat is the importance of behavior in adapting animal populations to different and changing environments? can you answer this in atleast 300 wordsarrow_forwardWhy nature keep optimizing behavioral traits of its creatures?arrow_forward
- Why are offspring of oviparous animals at a greater risk as compared to offspring of viviparous animals?arrow_forwardWhich of the following questions is most closely associated with anultimate cause of a behavior?a. How does a squid alter its color to blend in with its environment?b. How does a hummingbird’s body shape influence its ability tohover?c. How do alarm calls affect prairie dog fitness?d. Which cues do monarch butterflies use during migration?arrow_forwardWhich research question does not refer to proximate causes of behavior? a.) How do rhesus macaques find their food? b.) how do pigeons that are experimentally displaced find their way back to their home loft? c.) How does dispersal affect the survival of Belding's ground squirrels? d.) Do mother goats learn the odor of their offspring? e.) How do hummingbirds “know” when it is time to return to their overwintering grounds?arrow_forward
- Dolphins and humans both have the ability to nurse their young, whereas the less closely related sharks do not. The ability to nurse their young is (a) a shared derived character of fish and mammals (b) a shared ancestral character of all vertebrates (c) a shared derived character of mammals (d) anexample of homoplastic behavior (e) an example of reversalarrow_forwardoften relinquishing the young ones owing to food shortage is one of the common behaviours exhibited by mice.clarify how this conduct might have developed due to history and reproductive compromisesarrow_forwardDiscuss and make comparisson about the reproductive organs of birds and reptiles. How are their reproductive patterns beneficial to their survival?arrow_forward
- What is migration and what triggers it? What forms of animal communication are there? Explainarrow_forwardReproductive behavior and strategies are better known in birds than in any other vertebrate group. Why?arrow_forwardOften reliquishing the young ones owing to food shortage is one of the common behaviour exhibited by mice.Clarify how this conduct might have developed due to life history and reproductive compromises?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)BiologyISBN:9781305389892Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillanPublisher:Cengage Learning
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology
ISBN:9781305389892
Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher:Cengage Learning