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ZOOL326 Animal Behaviour

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Compulsory Residential school held only when unit is offered off campus.
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ZOOL203, 230 or PSIO210 or 210A and 220 or 220A; or candidature in postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes off-campus in alternate years (odd)
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Hugh Ford (hford@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit provides students with an introduction to the study of animal behaviour. It will focus on the behaviour of animals in their natural environment, especially Australian birds and mammals. The approach will be evolutionary, stressing the ways in which birds and mammals find food, avoid being taken by predators and reproduce (including life histories, mate choice, and parental care). Students will be taught how to conduct studies on wild animals.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Animal Behaviour: Mechanisms, Ecology and Evolution
ISBN: 9780070121997
Drickamer, L.C., McGraw-Hill 2001
Note: OR the Alcock book
Text For: Semester 1; On Campus
Animal Behaviour
ISBN: 9780878930050
Alcock, J., Sinauer Assoc. 8th ed.
Note: OR the Drickamer book
Text For: Semester 1; On Campus
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Ecology of Birds: An Australian Perspective
ISBN: 0949324191
Ford, H.A., Surrey Beatty & Sons
Note: Reference book (available from the Dixson Library, UNE)
Text For: Semester 1; On Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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