LECTURE TOPICS AND READING

The following list of readings is subject to change: please check this site frequently as you prepare for each week.In "AnIntrodcuction ot Animal Behavior, you may find useful papers listed at the end of each Chapter.

These readings support the lecture. In Class I will announce anythat you must read BEFORE class.

WEEK 1

Home room  - and Review
Sept 2 INTRODUCTION AND Quantifying behavior
  Chapters 1-4 in Measuring Behavior by Martin and Bateson
Sept 4

TINBERGEN'S 4 QUESTIONS
DQ's Tinbergen, N. (1963). "On aims and methods of Ethology." Zeitschrift fur tierpsychologie 20: 410-433.
Vessey and Drickamer "Integration of Proximate and Ultimate Causes" Pp. 180-185.  In: M. D. Breed and J. Moore, eds.  Encyclopedia of animal behavior, Volume 2, Oxford: Academic Press.
Bateson & Laland (2013) Tinbergen's four questions: an appreciation and an update. TREE 28:712-718.
  Strassman (2014) Tribute to Tinbergen: The Place of AnimalBehavior in Biology. Ethology 120:123
  Stamp-Dawkins (2014) Tribute to Tinbergen: Qeustions and how to Answer them. Ethology 120:120
  Taborsky (2014) Tribute to Tinbergen: The Four Problems of Biology. A Critical Appraisal. Ethology 120

WEEK 2

Animal Behavior - 4 areas of inquiry
Sept 9 & 11 A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Chapter 1 - 7 chapter assignment
A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Chapter 8 - 12
Sept 10 Evening Field Trip to see the swifts : ACTIVITY : extra reading Hayes_2011

WEEK 3

Behavioral observation (Zoo Biology)

Sept 16 Martin and Bateson Chapter 5-7 (also for lab)
Martin, M. and D. Shepherdson (2012). "The role of familiarity and preference on reproductive success in ex- conservation breeding programs." Conservation Biology 26(4).
Reading, R. P., B. Miller, D. Shepherdson and E. Insalaco (2013). "The Value of Enrichment to Reintroduction Success." Zoo Biology 32: 332-341
extra:    Blumstein, D. and E. Fernandez-Juicic (2010). A Primer of Conservation Behavior, Sinaur. Chapter 1. (this book should be in the library if you want to read the rest of it)

Evolution & Function of Behavior (and presentation info)
Sept 18 Introduction to Animal Behavior Chapter 2
  Origin of Species : Instinct chapter some questions to think about (not an assignment)
  Nicholson, et al (2007) Evolution of Anolis lizard dewlap diversity. PLoS One 2:e274
  Alvarez et al (2009) The Role of Inbreeding in the Extinction of a European Royal Dynasty. PLosOne 4(4): e5174. Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid
  Gu et al (2012)  Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females. PNAS 109: 3868–3873.
FRIDAY 4:00

SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT: Michael Nachem READ: eLIFE paper

WEEK 4

Behavioral Genetics
Sept 23 Introduction to Animal Behavior: Chapter 2 & 3
Kyriacou and E. Tauber (2010) Genetics & Genomics. in Encyclopedia of animal behavior,
Weber & Hoekstra (2013) Discrete genetic modules are responsible for complex burrow evolution in Peromyscus mice. Nature. 493:402-405.
Dingamese et al (2002) Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great
tits from the wild. Animal Behavior 64:929-938.
 
THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT LECTURE MATERIAL AND MAY BE GOOD RESOURCES

extra:

   Mackay, T. F. C. and R. R. H. Anholt (2007). "Ain't misbehavin? Genotype-environment interactions and the genetics of behavior." Trends in Genetics 23(7): 311-314.
extra:   Yamada & McGraw (2010) Drosophila Behavior Genetics in Encyclopedia of animal behavior.
extra:   Anholt, R. and T. Mackay (2010). Principles of Behavioral Genetics, Elsivier.
extra:   Qunatitative Genetics Chapter (will be covered in lecture)
extra:   Boomsma et al (2002) Classic Twin Studies and Beyond. Nat Rev Genet. 3:272.
     

The Organization and Control of Behavior
Sept 25 Introduction to Animal Behavior: Chapter 3
Bass, A. H. (1996). "Shaping brain sexuality." American Scientist 84(4): 352-363. List as many hypotheses as you can, draw out the developmental timeline, refresh your memory on hormones.
Wingfiled et al (1987) "Testosterone and Aggression in Birds" Scientific American. List the 10 predictions of the challenge hypothesis.
Nelson (2010) Hormones and Behavior: Basic Concepts in Encyclopedia of animal behavior.
  Adkins-Regar (2010) Neurobiology, Endocrinology and Behavior. in Encyclopedia of animal behavior.

WEEK 5 ::: LECTURE TOPICS SWITCHED

We will come back and pick this up later.
  Introduction to Animal Behavior: Chapter 6
  Endler, J. A. and A. L. Basolo (1998). "Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13(10): 415-420.
  Tobias, J. A., J. Aben, et al. (2010). "Song Divergence by Sensory Drive in Amazonian Birds." Evolution 64(10): 2820-2839.
  West, P. M. (2005). "The lion's mane." American Scientist 93(3): 226-235.
: Searcy, W. A. and S. Nowicki (2008). "Bird song and the problem of honest communication." American Scientist 96(2): 114-121.

Sexual Differentiation ::: READ FOR WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Sept 30 & Oct 1 Introduction to Animal Behavior : Chapter 6 & 7
Bachtrog etal (2014) Sex Determination: Why So Many Ways of Doing It? PLos Biology 7:e1001899
Manoli et al (2013) Neural control of sexually dimorphic behaviors. Curr Op Neurobio 23:1–9
FRIDAY 4:00

SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT: Aubin-Horth :: paper to read 1st Morris et al 2014

WEEK 6

Sexual Selection & Alternate Reproductive Tactics
Oct 7 Andersson, M. and Y. Iwasa (1996). "Sexual selection." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 11(2): A53-A58.
Eens, M. and R. Pinxten (2000). "Sex-role reversal in vertebrates: behavioural and endocrinological accounts." Behavioural Processes 51(1-3): 135-147.
Andersson, M. and L. W. Simmons (2006). "Sexual selection and mate choice." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21(6): 296-302.
Clutton-Brock, T. (2007). "Sexual selection in males and females." Science 318(5858): 1882-1885.
Gross, M. R. (1996). "Alternative reproductive strategies and tactics: Diversity within sexes." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 11(2): 92-98.
Oct 9

Journal Club with Dr. Nadia Aubin-Horth

Taborsky, Oliveira,& Brockman (2008) The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions
Partridge et al (in review) Brain Transcriptional Profiles of Male Alternative Reproductive Tactics in 2 Bluegill Sunfish
Thurs 4:10

Alternate SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT for those who cannot make Friday Biology seminars: Mark Pitzer
read Harper et al. 2005

WEEK 7
   
   
Oct 16 EXAM and Video : " Stress the Portraint of a Killer"

FALL BREAK
 

FALL BREAK - WATCH YOUR ZOO VIDEO AND DO SELF CRITIQUE

WEEK 8

Oct 28

Social Bonds
Sapolsky, R. M. (2004). "Mothering style and methylation." Nature Neuroscience 7(8): 791-792.
  Weaver, I. C. G., N. Cervoni, et al. (2004). "Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior." Nature Neuroscience 7(8): 847-854.
  Nair, H. P. and L. J. Young (2006). "Vasopressin and pair-bond formation: Genes to brain to behavior." Physiology 21: 146-152.
Oct 30

Journal Club with Dr. Hans Hofmann
Ritschoff et al (2014) Neuromolecular responses to social challenge: Common mechanisms across mouse, stickleback fish, and honey bee. PNAS 111:17929–17934.
Pfennig et al (2014) Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds. Science 346:1256846
FOR BACKGROUND O'Connell & Hofmann (2011) Genes, hormones, and circuits: An integrative approach to study the evolution of social behavior. Front. Neuroendo.
FRIDAY 4:00

SEMINAR ASSIGNMENT: Hofmann (to be posted)

WEEK 9
 

Conflict Aggression vs. Cooperation
Introduction to Animal Beavhior: Chapter 8 & 9
Nov 5 Milinski (1987) TIT FOR TAT in sticklebacks and the evolution of cooperation Nature325, 433 - 435
  Queller et al (2003) Single-gene green beard effects in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Science 299:105-106
  DuVal (2007) Cooperative display and lekking behavior of the Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia Lanceolata. Auk 124:1168-1185
  Smith, J. M. (1976). "Evolution and Theory of Games." American Scientist 64(1): 41-45.
Mesterton-Gibbons, M. and E. S. Adams (1998). "Animal contests as evolutionary games." American Scientist 86(4): 334-341.
 

Discussion Socio-Genomics
Nov 7 ASSIGNMENT to prepare BEFORE Class !!!!
Sapolsky (1990) Stress in the Wild. Scientific American Vol.262(1), p.106-113 (For Background)
Sapolsky (2005) The Influence of Social Heirarch and Primate Health Science. 308:648-652. (Newer paper similar to above For Background)
Tung et al (2012) Social environment is associated with gene regulatory variation in the rhesus macaque immune system. PNAS 109:6490-6495.

WEEK 10
 

Forgaing Behavior and Optimal Decisions
  Introduction to Animal Behavior : Chapter 4
Nov 11& 13 Adams et al (2012) Neuroethology of decision-making. Curr Op in Neurobiol. 22:982–989
Stephens, D. W. (2008). "Decision ecology: Foraging and the ecology of animal decision making." Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience 8(4): 475-484.
Catania, K. C. and F. E. Remple (2005). "Asymptotic prey profitability drives star-nosed moles to the foraging speed limit." Nature 433(7025): 519-522.

WEEK 11
 

Migration and Orientation

Nov 18
& 20

Moller, A. P. (2001). "Heritability of arrival date in a migratory bird." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 268(1463): 203-206.
Lohmann, K. J. (1992). "How Sea-Turtles Navigate." Scientific American 266(1): 100-106.
VanderLeest, H. T., T. Houben, et al. (2007). "Seasonal encoding by the circadian pacemaker of the SCN." Current Biology 17(5): 468-473.
Bingham et al (2003) The homing pigeon hippocampus and space: In search of adaptive specialization. Brain Behav. Evol 62:117-127.
   

WEEK 12
Nov 25

EXAM + FLAG FOOTBALL
Nov 28

Thanksgiving BREAK

WEEK 13
Dec 2

Behavioral Syndromes
  Briffa, M. and A. Weiss (2010). "Animal personality." Current Biology 20(21): R912-R914.
  van Oers, K., P. J. Drent, et al. (2004). "Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 271(1534): 65-73.
  Sih, A., A. Bell, et al. (2004). "Behavioral syndromes: an ecological and evolutionary overview." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19(7): 372-378.

Dec 4

Parasites
  Sapolsky, R. (2003). "Bugs in the brain." Scientific American 288(3):94-97.
  Beckage, N. E. (1997). "The parasitic wasp's secret weapon." Scientific American 277(5): 82-87.
  Libersat, F. (2003). "Wasp uses venom cocktail to manipulate the behavior of its cockroach prey." Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 189(7): 497-508.
  THERE WILL BE AN ASSIGNED READING BEFORE LECTURE FOR THIS DAY
 

WEEK 14
Dec 9

SPANDRALS DISCUSSION

 

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS everyone should read these papers and consider the questions even if you have already completed the assignments for the two earlier discussion days (Tinbergen 1963 and the Paczolt paper on pipefish)
  Gould & Lewontin (1979) Spandrels of St. Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: a critique of the adaptionist program PRS 205:581-598.
  Mayr (1983) How to Carry out the Adaptionist Program? Amer Nat 121:324-334.Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan
  Pigliucci & Kaplan (2000) The fall and rise of Dr Pangloss: adaptationism and the Spandrels paper 20 years later TREE 15:66
  JUST FOR FUN: you might enjoy....
Queller, D (1995) The Spaniels of St. Marx and the Panglossian Paradox: A Critique of a Rhetorical
Programme. The Quarterly Review of Biology 7:485-489.

FINALS WEEK