課程資訊
課程名稱
行為生態學
Behavirol Ecology 
開課學期
103-1 
授課對象
生命科學院  生命科學系  
授課教師
沈聖峰 
課號
EEB5039 
課程識別碼
B44EU1480 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期三A,B,C(18:25~21:05) 
上課地點
生科4C 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:20人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1031BE 
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課程概述

*************NOTE: The lecture starts at 5:50pm every week.*************
The course is designed for graduate students who want to better understand the evolution, adaptive significance, and mechanisms of animal behavior. Active learning will be crucial for taking this course and every participant of the course will be asked to explain and discuss course contents in every class.
 

課程目標
1. To inspire a greater curiosity about behavioral ecology (including human and plants).
2. To gain mastery at asking and answering questions about the mechanisms and evolution of behavior.
 
課程要求
待補 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
待補 
參考書目
Textbook
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology, Fourth Edition by Davies, Krebs, West (Wiley-Blackwell,
2012)

You may buy the textbook from an online bookstore. Please read Chapter 1 before the class on
9/17. You will be quizzed on its contents. If you do not have a copy of the book yet, you can obtain
the PDF of Chapter 1 from the publisher’s website
(http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/69/14051141/1405114169.pdf). Please do not
hesitate to contact the lecturers, if you have any questions about this course. 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
9/17  Natural Selection, Ecology and Behavior  
第2週
9/24  Testing Hypotheses in Behavioral Ecology  
第3週
10/01  Economic Decisions and the Individual  
第4週
10/08  Predators versus Prey: Evolutionary Arms Races  
第5週
10/15  Competing for Resources 
第6週
10/22  Living in Groups 
第7週
10/29  sexual selection  
第8週
11/05  Parental care and family conflict 
第9週
11/12  Mating Systems