Welcome

Behavioural ecology examines how ecological pressures shape behaviour. I will use this site to communicate with participants of our Behavioural Ecology course at Palacký University. On this site you will find lectures, we will publish our review papers, and to foster online discussion about classic and contemporary literature.

In this course, we will learn about the core concepts of behavioural ecology through a mixture of contemporary and classic literature. We will examine the adaptive significance of numerous behaviours by examining their function, cause, development, and evolutionary histories. We will cover a variety of topics ranging from natural and sexual selection, predator and prey interactions, competition, sexual conflict, mating systems, parental care, signal design, and communication.