Sociobiology and behavioral ecology II - MB170P0B
Title: Sociobiologie a behaviorální ekologie II
Czech title: Sociobiologie a behaviorální ekologie II
Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: 8
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: cancelled
Language: Czech
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Daniel Frynta, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB170P00B
Is incompatible with: MB170P0B1, MB170P00B
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Annotation -
The course is focusing on behavioural ecology and sociobiology of African vertebrates. Mating and reproductive systems, life histories, predatory and antipredatory strategies, spatial use and other behavioural traits of principal species are thoroughly described and analyzed in terms of fitness benefits. The theoretical concepts are adopted from behavioural and evolutionary ecology and sociobiology. Special attention is devoted to implications for conservation biology of endangered species of the Africal continent. Practical part of the course is performed in the Zoo Dvůr Králové nad Labem. It includes observation of behaviour of African ungulates, namely antelops, zebras and rhinos.

Please note, the lectures are given in Czech language. English version of the course can be requested in advance
if there are at least 5 students.
Last update: Frynta Daniel, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (23.05.2019)
Literature -

Krebs J.R. & Davies N.B., 1993: An introduction to behavioural ecology. Third edition. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 420 pp.

Krebs J.R. & Davies N.B. (eds), 1997: Behavioural ecology. Fourth edition. Blackwell Sciencee Ltd., 456 pp.

Wilson E.O. 1975: Sociobiology - The New Synthesis, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 900 pp.

Trivers R. 1985: Social evolution. Menlo Park: Benjamin Cummings, 462 pp.

Estes R.D. 1992: The behavior guide to African mammals.

Berkley: University of California Press, 611 pp.

Mills, G., & Mills, M. (2016). Kalahari cheetahs: adaptations to an arid region. Oxford University Press.
 
Mills, G., & Mills, M. (1994). Kalahari hyaenas: comparative behavioural ecology of two species. Chapman and Hall

Creel, S., & Creel, N. M. (2002). The African wild dog: behavior, ecology, and conservation. Princeton University Press.

 

Last update: Frynta Daniel, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (23.05.2019)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

Zkouška je ústní a velmi podrobná. Předmětem zkoušky je vše, co bylo odpřednášeno behem přednášky, jakož i obsah doplňkové četby z oboru, kterou si studenti mohou zvolit dle pokynů vyučujících. Zkouška prověřuje jak přímo znalosti, tak i schopnost pochopit souvislosti (k tomu jsou ovšem potřeba elementární znalosti zoologie, ekologie a evoluční biologie a dalších biologických oborů získané předchozím studiem).

Last update: Peterková Jindřiška, Ing. (25.05.2015)
Syllabus -

1. Sociobiology of tropical birds
2. Brood parasites: Indicator, Vidua
3. Mating systems in rodents: Acomys, Gerbillidae, Arvicanthis, Lemniscomys, etc.
4. Reprodutive systems and sociality in African mole rats: Bathyergidae
5. Cooperation and sociality: Herpestidae
6. - 7. Female dominance, competition and mating systems in hyenas: Crocuta crocuta, Hyaena hyaena, H.brunnea
8. Social organisation of lions: Panthera leo
9. Social organisation of cheetahs: Acinoinyx jubatus
10. Social systems of canids: Canis mesomelas
11. Cooperation in wild dog Lycaon pictus
12. Reproductive systems of ungulates I. Bovidae
13. Reproductive systems of ungulates II. Equidae, Rhinocerotidae, Afrotheria

Last update: Frynta Daniel, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (23.05.2019)