behavioural ecology

collocation in English

meaningsofbehaviouralandecology

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withecology.
behavioural
adjective
uk
/bɪˈheɪ.vjə.rəl/us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ.əl/
relating ...
See more atbehavioural
ecology
noun[U]
uk
/iˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/iˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/
the relationships between the air, land, water, animals, plants, etc., usually of a particular area, or the scientific study ...
See more atecology

(Definition ofbehaviouralandecologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbehavioural ecology

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Behaviouralecology: on doing the right thing, in the right place at the right time.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Without other archaeological tools for reconstructing the past, in this casebehaviouralecology, cognitive archaeology is incomplete.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neural coding of basic reward terms of animal learning theory, game theory, microeconomics andbehaviouralecology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We give a critical analysis of some of these from the perspective ofbehaviouralecology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Plants strongly influence the evolutionary andbehaviouralecologyof host-parasitoid associations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The use of optimality to investigate rules is not unusual inbehaviouralecology.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Heavy costs are entailed in enforcing community-wide social contracts, andbehaviouralecologyis needed to explain how and why evolving humans could afford these costs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Behaviouralecologymodels the fitness costs and benefits not of mental entities considered in the abstract but of competing behavioural strategies played out in the real world.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It uses simple language to explain recent advances inbehaviouralecologyand sociobiology to a general audience.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
His early work included major contributions to population andbehaviouralecology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The related development ofbehaviouralecologyhas also helped transform ethology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is relevant in game theory,behaviouralecology, and evolutionary psychology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Adaptation is the central unifying concept inbehaviouralecology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The use of comparative predictions is taken for granted today, because they form the daily bread of evolutionary andbehaviouralecologyresearch programmes.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Predator-prey interactions are an introductory concept into food-web studies as well asbehaviouralecology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Behaviouralecologyis the study of an organism's behaviour in its environment and its ecological and evolutionary implications.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
His research culminates in the study of human evolution in which he draws conclusions based on thebehaviouralecologyof apes.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The question of why animals group together is one of the most fundamental in sociobiology andbehaviouralecology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Topics covered in particular include ecology,behaviouralecologyand evolutionary biology, as well as epidemiology, human biology, neuroscience, palaeontology, psychology, and biomechanics.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Miller argues that marketers still tend to use simplistic models of human nature that are uninformed by advances in evolutionary psychology andbehaviouralecology.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofbehavioural
Go to the definition ofecology
See other collocations withecology