N159: Animal Behavior is taught in Spring Quarter by Professor Georg Striedter.
Dr. Georg Striedter
Prerequisite: BIO SCI N110
Course Objective:
Explores why animals behave the way they do from evolutionary/mechanistic perspectives. Considers selective pressures and evolutionary constraints that shape animal behavior and the underlying neural and hormonal mechanisms by using examples such as why dogs bark, why some birds migrate.
Sample Syllabus:
| # | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Horowitz, A., 2009. Disambiguating the “guilty look”: Salient prompts to familiar dog behavior. |
| 3 | King, S.L. et al., 2013. Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins. |
| 4 | Gallup, G., 1970. Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition. |
| 5 | Hauser, M.D. et al., 2001. Cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus) fail to show mirror-guided self- exploration |
| 6 | Chang, L. et al., 2015. Mirror-induced self-directed behaviors in rhesus monkeys after visual-somatosensory training. |
| 7 | Wittlinger, M., 2006. The ant odometer: stepping on stilts and stumps |
| 8 | Riley, J.R. et al., 2005. The flight paths of honeybees recruited by the waggle dance |
| 9 | López, J.C. et al., 2000. Place and cue learning in turtles |
| 10 | Brothers, J.R. & Lohmann, K.J., 2015. Evidence for geomagnetic imprinting and magnetic navigation in the natal homing of sea turtles |
| 11 | Putman, N.F. et al., 2014. An inherited magnetic map guides ocean navigation in juvenile Pacific salmon |
| 12 | Mora, C.V. et al., 2004. Magnetoreception and its trigeminal mediation in the homing pigeon |
| 13 | MIDTERM |
| 14 | Discuss Midterm Questions and Answers |
| 15 | Foà, A. et al., 2009. The orientation of lizards in a Morris water-maze: roles of the sun compass and the parietal eye |
| 16 | Tsoar, A. et al., 2011. Large-scale navigational map in a mammal |
| 17 | Hurly, T., 1996. Spatial memory in rufous hummingbirds: Memory for rewarded and non-rewarded sites |
| 18 | Clayton, N.S. & Dickinson, A., 1998. Episodic-like memory during cache recovery by scrub jays |
| 19 | Dally, J.M. et al., 2006. Food-caching western scrub-jays keep track of who was watching when |
| 20 | Bird, C.D. & Emery, N.J., 2009. Insightful problem solving and creative tool modification by captive nontool-using rooks. |
| 21 | Student Presentation I |
| 22 | Student Presentation II |
| 23 | Student Presentation III |
| 24 | Student Presentation IV |
| 25 | Memorial Day |
| 26 | Cesar Chavez Day |
| 27 | Bayern, von, A.M.P., et al., 2009. The role of experience in problem-solving and innovative tool use in crows |
| 28 | Gerullis, P. & Schuster, S., 2014. Archerfish actively control the hydrodynamics of their jets |
| 29 | Catania, K., 2014. The shocking predatory strike of the electric eel |
| 30 | Wignall, A.E. & Taylor, P.W., 2011. Assassin bug uses aggressive mimicry to lure spider prey |
| 31 | FINAL |