Animal Behavior Lab
Ecol 487L/587L Fall 2007

LAB COURSE SYLLABUS

*note the trip to the desert museum (Oct. 7th) falls on a Sunday; we will not meet in class on Thursday Oct. 4th.

Date	Topic	Lab Handout	Lab Report?
Aug. 23	Introduction
Aug. 30	The Search For Mind video and discussion	discussion questions
Sept. 6	Pond Watching question asking	lab handout
Sept. 13	Reproductive Behavior in Walnut Flies hypothesis testing	lab handout	X
Sept. 20	Paternity Analysis Using Molecular Methods	lab handout	X
Sept. 27	J Watcher training in event recording	lab handout
Oct. 7*	Field Trip to Desert Museum hypothesis testing	lab handout	X
Oct. 11	Vigilance, Flock Size, and Predation Avoidance group data collection	lab handout	X
Oct. 18	Optimal Foraging and Diet Choice foraging games	lab handout	X
Oct. 25	Behavioral Ecology of Human Mate Choice discussion of paper	discussion paper
Nov. 1	Evolution of Acoustic Signals testing comparative hypotheses	lab handout	X
Nov. 8	Ant Social Behavior		X
Nov. 15	Term project presentations
Nov. 22	THANKSGIVING BREAK!
Nov. 29	Term project presentations