A Field Study of the Ant Trail Phenomenon
In this exercise, students place food at various distances from an ant hill or nest. Ants are then observes as they find the bait and lead other ants to it. At the completion of the exercise, studen...

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A lab using C. elegans to investigate the nervous system and behavior
This lab focuses on the sensory nervous system which is responsible for detecting external, environmental signals. These environmental signals can come in many forms: light, sound, heat, etc. Chemos...

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An Investigation of the Behavior of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum
The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, is a versatile laboratory organism. This experiment investigates the response of pea aphids to an alarm pheromone normally produced in response to predator a...

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Animal Behavior Experiments Using Arthropods
This exercise is designed to familiarize the student with ethology, the study of animal behavior, by observing the behavior of several different arthropods.

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Avian Niche Partitioning
This resource includes a detailed description and instructional information for carrying out an undergraduate laboratory exercise in ecology, behavioral biology, and evolution. It includes student out...

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Bean Beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus, a Model System for Inquiry-Based Undergraduate Laboratories
Bean beetles, Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), are tropical and subtropical agricultural pest insects. This species is among the most tractable and robust laboratory animal sys...

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Birdsong Playback as a Tool for Teaching Animal Behavior
Animal behavior is often downplayed in general biology labs. Problems include where to deal with the topic in the syllabus, time constraints and special equipment needs, and the unpredictable nature o...

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Chemical Communication in Cockroaches
Use to develop experimental design of sex pheromone concentrations, and observing courtship behavior of cockroaches. This may be used in entomology or physiology laboratory classes.

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Courtship Reaction Chains and Mate Attraction: A Two-Part Laboratory Activity Using WOWBugs
A laboratory exercise to study insect courtship behavior using Melittobia digitata, WOWBugs.

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Dispersal Cues Used by Parasitic Wasps: Phototaxis, Geotaxis and Mated Melittobia
The purpose of this laboratory exercise is to help you: • Understand how light and gravity may affect dispersal of mated female Melittobia. • Develop and test hypotheses about other factors t...

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