Biology 323: Animal Behavior - Analysis of Social Behaviors

Agonistic Behavior

Male & Female Strategies

Infanticide & Siblicide

Parental Care

Social Interactions

Food Hoarding

Alarm signaling & Defense Behavior

Kin Recognition

Other Behaviors

Social hunting in carnivores
Female choice of males based on appearance
Female infanticide
Male parental care in primates
Social grooming in primates
Food hoarding in rodents
Alarm signaling in mammals
Kin recognition
Deceptive behavior 
Territorial displays in lizards
Female choice of males based on male behavior
Male infanticide
Alloparenting in mammals
Play in mammals
Food caching in birds
Sentinel behavior
 
Food sharing with nonkin in mammals
Territorial displays in birds
Egg dumping in birds
Siblicide
Parent-offspring conflict
Socialization in canines and primates
 
Alarm calling in birds
   
Affiliative behavior in primates
Lekking behavior in birds
   
Male coalitions
 
Mobbing behavior in birds
   
Female dominance in mammals
Sex role reversal in birds
       
Group defense in ungulates
   
Dominance in primates
Anti-cuckoldry strategies
             

This site contains links to the Avian Social System projects and Mammal Social Systems projects created for Animal Behavior by undergraduate students at Davidson College.

Comments and questions should be directed to Dr. Case via email: vecase@davidson.edu.