I teach an an animal behavior and make extensive use of the Pittsburgh Zoo,
which is close and I already have a research relationship with.
Here are a couple of sources that may help
Brown and Downhower, (1988) Analyses in Behavioral Ecology: A manual for
lab and field. Sinauer
Cain. (1995) Animal Behavior Science Projects. Wiley. (sort of low
level, but can be tweaked up to be made to work).
ABS was putting together a collection of labs, but I haven't seen anything
on the project. You might want to check with somebody there.
th
Thomas J. Hershberger
Professor of Psychology
Chatham College
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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From: Pollak, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:35 AM
To: 'Tips (post)'
Subject: Animal Behavior Lab
I'm scheduled to teach an animal behavior lab next semester. Can anyone
tell me a source (printed or web-based) of lab exercises, etc for such a
course? I found the lab exercises on the ABS site but little else. I also
have a 20 year old manual of lab exercises but something more recent (and in
print) would be nice! Any help greatly appreciated. The last guy who
taught the course here (Hi, Michael) did it primarily at the Philly Zoo.
I'm trying to do it in our lab. Currently, I'm bouncing around ideas on rat
sexual & maternal behavior, blue gourami sexual, nest-building & paternal
behavior, anole aggression, gourami or Betta splendens aggressive behavior
and maybe something on squirrel foraging/hoarding.
Ed
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