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	Behavioural Ecology Research Group
		Behavioural ecology is the study of the relationships between an organism's behaviour and the environment in which that behaviour has evolved or is expressed.
		Behavioural ecologists study both the function of behaviour (why animals and plants behave as they do), and the role of behaviour in determining population dynamics and community patterns, since these are two sides of the same coin.
		The Behavioural Ecology Research Group was established at SFU in February 1989 to pursue basic research in the field of evolutionary and behavioural ecology, utilizing a wide range of study organisms, including plants, insects and other invertebrates, fish, birds, and mammals (including humans).
	www.sfu.ca /biology/berg (390 words)

	People in Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University
		Behavioural ecology; behavioural tactics and strategies in predator-prey interactions; influence of predation risk on behavioural decisions of animals.
		Avian ecology; demography and genetics of bird populations; conservation biology.
		Behavioural ecology and population dynamics; insect dispersal; host-parasite interactions; fruit parasite systems and marking pheromones.
	www.sfu.ca /biology/faculty (295 words)

	BS34320 - BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Emphasis is placed on the critical analysis of the adaptive significance of behaviour, and on the importance of behavioural ecology for the conservation, management and welfare of animals.
		The functional analysis of parental behaviour illustrates the problem of co-operation and conflict between parents, and between parents and offspring, and the examination of host-parasite and mutualistic relationships extends these analyses to inter-specific interactions.
		The implications of behavioural ecological studies for the husbandry and welfare of domestic and captive animals are introduced, and the necessity to apply knowledge gained from behavioural ecology studies to conservation and biological control programmes discussed.
	www.aber.ac.uk /modules/future/BS34320.html (363 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Behavioural ecology of teleost fishes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Considerable progress has been made over the past decade in understanding how behaviour, ecology, and genetics interact to determine individual survival and reproductive success in fishes, and thus the evolution of their behaviour.
		Behavioural ecology of teleost fishes reviews the recent advances in knowledge of behavioural strategies and tactics of habitat selection and space use, foraging, predator avoidance and evasion, and reproduction.
		Those concerned with behavioural ecology need to be aware of the implications and applications of basic theory.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0198547846 (463 words)

	WildCRU - Theses
		Atkinson, R. The ecology of the side-striped jackal (Canis adustus Sundevall), a vector of rabies in Zimbabwe.
		Appleby, B. The behaviour and ecology of the tawny owl, Strix aluco.
		Taber, A. The behavioural ecology of the mara, Dolicholis patagonus.
	www.wildcru.org /aboutus/publications/theses.htm (696 words)

	Donald Kramer's Home Page
		Behavioural ecology is concerned with the function or adaptive significance of animal behaviour, the discovery of general principles relating behaviour to the environment in which it occurs, and the application of those general principles to understand the distribution and abundance of animal populations.
		Behavioural and physiological ecology of hibernation in chipmunks.
		Behavioural ecology of the small Indian mongoose in sea turtle nesting habitat in Barbados.
	www.biology.mcgill.ca /faculty/kramer (1263 words)

	Animal Ecology Projects
		Conservation Ecology is the study of how to maintain and restore the diversity of life forms in combination with sustainable use of natural resources.
		Behavioural Ecology concerns the adaptive significance of behaviour, morphology and physiology, i.e.
		In collaboration with Barry Sinervo we are investigating the evolutionary quantitative genetics of fitness-related traits in a free-living population of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) in California.
	www1.ekol.lu.se /prog_rep/prog01-02/animalecol1.html (5117 words)

	Experiments in behavioural ecology and the real worldHannu Ylönen a hylonen
		Born as a child of comparative ecology and ethological methodology, experimental behavioural ecology walks the edge between mimicking natural environments and using manipulative reductionist approaches to control appropriate variables for testing specific hypotheses.
		Several paradigms in evolutionary and behavioural ecology that persist in the literature or in textbooks are based mainly or solely on laboratory studies.
		There are several examples of possible misinterpretations or current controversy in behavioural ecology that were derived from laboratory studies and lack confirmation from natural situations.
	cas.bellarmine.edu /tietjen/Ecology/experiments_in_behavioural_ecolo.htm (930 words)

	Behavioural Ecology Research Group - Home
		The Behavioural Ecology Research Group studies animal and human behaviour from a multidisciplinary perspective, combining experimental analysis of behaviour with theoretical modelling.
		We are influenced by evolutionary, ecological, economic and psychological theories, and contribute regularly to specialised journals in those fields as well as to journals of general interest.
		Current research includes studying the cognitive and ecological basis of tool use in New Caledonian crows, and investigating decision-making and risk-sensitivity in starlings and humans.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~kgroup (136 words)

	Couse Handbook - Behavioural Ecology (Autumn Term 1998)
		Behavioural Ecology is an advanced level animal behaviour course that focuses on the links between evolution, ecology and animal behaviour.
		At the workshop itself, which all sections of the class attend together, a visiting speaker presents you with a piece of behavioural ecology that is in some way paradoxical.
		In the lectures we aim to give you a good grounding in the main subjects that behavioural ecologists have studied, expose you to the controversies and introduce you to the research methods used.
	www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk /home/Nick_Herbert/ugteach/handbook/biology/behecol.htm (1401 words)

	Population Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Our field of research is behavioural and evolutionary ecology, population dynamics, and landscape ecology, for which we use small mammals, and microtine rodents in particular, as model systems.
		The main issues at the moment are predator-prey interaction (chemical communication and the breeding suppression hypothesis), effects of interspecific competition on reproduction, fitness consequences of multiple paternity for females, and the establishing rate of dispersers.
		Some of the projects are related to the still unknown driving mechanism behind the 3-5 year population cycles in voles and lemmings, and to the effect of habitat structure on behaviour.
	www.personal.uni-jena.de /~b6hast/halle_e.htm (1194 words)

	Pheromones and chemical ecology of locusts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This situation is ill-advised if basic studies of behaviour and ecology, with regard to modern principles, have not been well investigated in the field.
		The ecology in terms of the advantages of an individual in reception of the gregarization pheromone from a group of gregarious and pre-migrating locusts is discussed.
		The ecology regarding the benefits to individuals for the synchronization and rapid maturation of adult maturation in a gregarious group is considered.
	www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov /cec/papers/locu91.htm (15780 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Research in behavioural and evolutionary ecology addresses the question of how thebehaviour and life-history strategies of organisms have evolved in the context of their ecology.
		Both behavioural ecology and evolutionary ecology are relatively young fields of research in zoology, although their roots can be traced back to Darwin and the beginning of modern biology.
		Another field of interest is the foraging ecology of ants, and the evolution and ecology of colony-founding in ants and bees.
	www.tcd.ie /Zoology/text/behave.html (304 words)

	URC Publications [SoBS - UoB]
		Greenwood, V.J., Smith, E.L., Church, S.C. and Partridge, J.C. (2003) Behavioural investigation of polarisation sensitivity in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) and the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
		Maddocks, S.A., Goldsmith, A.R. and Cuthill, I.C. (2002) Behavioural and physiological effects of absence of ultraviolet wavelengths on European starlings Sturnus vulgaris.
		Sherwin, C.M., Lewis, P.D. and Perry, G.C. (1999) The effects of environmental enrichment and intermittent lighting on the behaviour and welfare of male domestic turkeys.
	www.bio.bris.ac.uk /research/behavior/behav_pubs.htm (8737 words)

	An Oikos seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Recent inclusion of behaviour of organisms into life history theory have changed some of the classic paradigms in life history ecology and lead to a rapid development in the field.
		Flexible growth mediated by behavioural adjustments of organisms provide a prominent example on how behavioural ecology and life history theory have jointly been used in great success to more realistically predict trajectories for species development and ultimately species fitness patterns.
		Some of the topics addressed will be: flexible growth rate and size and time at maturation in seasonal environments, effects of behavioural adjustments on life history and fitness in changing environments, phenotypic variations in life history traits and foraging traits as a function of condition (state).
	www.oikos.ekol.lu.se /nyheter/oikossemlifehistory.html (308 words)

	Biological Sciences
		The Group has a long tradition of high quality research in behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation biology and has always emphasised a programme of strongly applied projects with immediate management relevance.
		In 1986 The Behavioural and Environmental Biology Research Group at Manchester Metropolitan University began the first MSc in Behavioural Ecology in the UK, and in 1991 developed a sister MSc in Conservation Biology.
		Since their inception both these courses have emphasised the applications of behavioural ecology, and the contribution of behavioural ecology to conservation.
	www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk /biology/beb.htm (446 words)

	OUP: Behavioural Ecology of Teleost Fishes: Godin
		Readership: Advanced students, teachers, and researchers in animal ecology, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, icthyology, and evolution.
		1 Behavioural ecology of fishes: adaptations for survival and reproduction
		The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled.
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-850503-5?view=00&promo=WEBESEB04 (471 words)

	uiblein_home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Habilitation degree in zoology, behavioural biology, and ecology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
		- Ecology, behaviour and ecomorphology of salamanders (genus Euproctus).
		Uiblein, F., 1995: Ontogenetic variations in the foraging behaviour of the cyprinid fish Vimba elongata: size- and age-specific responses to novel prey.
	www.zoologie.sbg.ac.at /people/uiblein_home.htm (2674 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gross, M. 1994 The evolution of behavioural ecology.
		A milestone in behavioral ecology and evol biol.
		Evolutionary ecology and radiation of Hawaiian passerine birds.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/jlb81/part1.html (2009 words)

	Behavioural Ecology Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The behavioural ecology group of the department of limnology / fish ecology at the University of Konstanz is headed by PD Dr. Phillip Fischer.
		The topics of the group can best be summarized as behavioural ecology in freshwater fish communities.
		By meaning of experimental work on the lab, mesocosm studies in our outdoor facilities and field work in Lake Constance, we try to understand the complex processes and mechanisms of resource use and resource partitioning in multi-species fish communities.
	www.uni-konstanz.de /fischer-group (253 words)

	Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This book is highly regarded in the field of behavioral ecology, and its more of a new volume than an 2nd ed.
		If you are seriously studying animal behavior or behavioral ecology (there is a slight difference), this book is a must.
		If you are looking for an introduction to the field, start with their book, An Introduction to Behaviour Ecology.
	wayill.com /isbn0865427313.html (283 words)

	Gordon's Blackie Review Page
		The Behavioural Ecology of Ants, by John H. Sudd and Nigel R. Franks
		Some of the concepts in chapter 1 are a little difficult to grasp at first but it is worth making the effort because understanding them is essential to understanding the intricacies of insect, and particularly ant, social life.
		Being a text, "The Behavioural Ecology of Ants" should, and I think does touch on, in some detail, all the main contributory factors controlling ant behaviour, drawing on examples from all around the world to illustrate the ideas and concepts expressed in the text.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/pub/blackie.html (384 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Introduction to Behavioural Ecology: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The third edition of this successful textbook looks again at the influence of natural selection on behaviour - an animal's struggle to survive by exploiting resources, avoiding predators, and maximizing reproductive success.
		Written in the lucid style for which these two authors are renowned, the text is aided by boxed sections illustrating important concepts and new marginal notes which guide the reader through the text.
		For students of behavioural ecology this provides a fantastic review of all major aspects of the subject in an easy to follow layout and a very readable, engaging style.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0632035463 (722 words)

	ResearchBehavEcolMolEcol.html
		Behavioural and molecular ecology of the southern water skink, Eulamprus heatwolei
		Martin is a lizard behavioural ecologist and I have spent two field seasons with him on the Orange River in the Kalahari Desert working on this species.
		Ecology, life history and behavior in the Australian scincid lizard Egernia with comments on the evolution of complex sociality in lizards.
	www.anu.edu.au /BoZo/Scott/ResearchBehavEcolMolEcol.html (1808 words)

	Behavioural Ecology - Eduseek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		What is Behavioural Ecology - Examples of behavioural ecology
		Foraging Behaviour - The foraging behaviour of shore crabs, great tits, and yellow eyed Junco''s
		Behaviour and Nature Conservation - Why captive breeding is usually unsuccessful
	www.eduseek.com /navigate.php?ID=2119 (151 words)

	Links to Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The International Center for Tropical Ecology, The Missouri Botanical Garden,
		Department of Ecology and Zoology, University of Tromso
		Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
	www.umsl.edu /~biology/icte/links.html (133 words)

	Mariella Rasotto - home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		My research interests focus on the reproductive biology of fishes with emphasis on behavioural ecology, sexual pattern, morphology of the reproductive apparatus, embryonic and larval development.
		I'm particularly interested in the fertilization dynamics and the evolution of alternative mating tactics in demersal spawners.
		My primary current field and laboratory-based research programmes are devoted to sperm competition influences at behavioural and gametic levels and to neuroendocrine aspects of sexual phenotypic polymorphism.
	www.bio.unipd.it /~rasotto (112 words)

	behavioral ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Topics will include those of particular interest to Dr. Simon and those in the class, and will be chosen from those outlined in the textbook we will use, Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach, 4th edition (1997) by JR Krebs and NB Davies.
		The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology (John R Krebs and Nicholas B Davies)
		The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology (Paul H Harvey and Sean Nee)
	www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu /biology/simon.htm (350 words)

	Volunteer -- WWF-Australia
		This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable research experience in the integrative study of behavioural ecology of Hall's babbler in the mulga lands of south-west Queensland.
		Volunteers are needed between July and December 2007 and need to commit to a minimum 1 month stay.
		The NCTMP is a community-based monitoring program that is designed to provide high standard marine turtle nesting information through the collection of data on successful nesting emergences, false crawls, disturbance and spatial and temporal distribution of the three main species nesting in the Ningaloo Region: green, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles.
	wwf.org.au /act/volunteer (1248 words)

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