Chapter Questions
What does optimal foraging theory predict about an animal's foraging behavior? What factors unrelated to this theory may also influence an animal's foraging choices?
What are the benefits of territorial behavior, and what are its costs? Under what circumstances is territorial behavior disadvantageous?
Why does natural selection favor mate choice? What factor is most important in determining which sex exhibits mate choice?
In birds, how does the amount of parental care required by the offspring affect the evolution of a species' mating system?
What is reciprocal altruism? What is kin selection? How does kin selection increase an individual's success in passing its genes on to the next generation?
In vertebrate societies, what are the costs to an individual who makes an alarm call? Based on research in ground squirrels, which individuals are most likely to make alarm calls, and what benefits do they receive by doing so?