Animal Behavior

3. Immediate reasoning for a behavior
5. the processes of attracting a mate
8. The interaction between organisms/populations that have to share a resource
9. Ducklings do this to the first animal they see when hatched
10. The exchange of information
16. killing offspring of the same species, usually done by males
22. Evolutionary reasoning for a behavior
23. Hardwired innate response to a simple stimulus
26. Opposite of learned behavior
27. A natural intuition
28. a trait or gene that increases an individual's fitness.
29. Tricking an individual that something is true when it is not
30. The theory of ______ was popularized by Charles Darwin
31. The resemblance of one organism to another or inanimate object to increase survival.

1. An animal that exploits parental care to individuals other than its parent
2. measure of genes carried to the next generation by an individual
4. The process of creating offspring
6. A method uses to study the adaptive value of traits based on the phenotypes that come with fitness benefits and costs
7. the evolution of signals that happen to activate established sensory signal receivers to elicit a favorable response
11. Using different tactics in different enviornments
12. birds moving south for the winter
13. Something that causes a specific response
14. A neurotransmitter that mediates satisfaction
15. gazelles do this when predators are nears
17. The search for wild food and resources
18. signal Conveying accurate information about some aspect of the signaler's quality
19. An individual that produces signals to deceive others that reduces the fitness of the signal receiver
20. self-sacrificing behavior to benefit another organism
21. A type of mating system where the males and females only mate with the same individual every mating season
24. Saftey in numbers
25. A trait that helps increase an individuals fitness