Animal Behavior

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Across
  1. 5. When both individuals in a mating pair have multiple partners without bonding.
  2. 7. Friction in mate choice between males and females.
  3. 10. The process or ability in which animals can adapt or develop despite negative environmental conditions or disruptive genetics.
  4. 12. A continuous or drawn out event that causes an increase in glucocortiroid levels, resultingin negative physiological effects.
  5. 13. Insect colonies with a single reproductive queen.
  6. 14. Permanently relocating from place of birth to elsewhere.
Down
  1. 1. Seasonally sensitvie organims response to changes in daylength.
  2. 2. Increased fitness and reproductive success allow for certain behavior traits and genes to be more common overtime.
  3. 3. A developed behavioral pattern performed the first time it is exposed to a releaser stimulus
  4. 4. A brief or temporary event that causes a short term elevation of glucocrticoid levels, resulting in rapid changes in animal behavior.
  5. 5. A chemical generated by an animal that can affect others of the same species both physically or behvaiorlly
  6. 6. A type of social behavior in animals that allow for both individuals to profit or recieve fitness advantages.
  7. 8. Joining groups makes it less likely an individual will face a predator attack.
  8. 9. An area of land in which an animal readily defends against competition and incursions from conspecifics.
  9. 11. Groups of animals who use conspecifics and other species as living shields against predators.