Social Behavior by Kaelyn Ren [STUDENT]

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 19:33:32 UTC

Adaptation

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 19:39:00 UTC

Social behavior has become adaptive because animals could have adapted to be more social with each other to benefit another individual in the group.
Ex: Aggression Towards Predators
If a animal spotted a predator, it would alert the rest of the group using communication or movement even though the predator would be more aware of the one who alerts the group because the alert would likely save the rest of the group.

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 19:43:16 UTC

Social behavior is the interaction between individuals that usually results in benefits for one or more individuals. A benefit that results from social behavior is survival from predators.

Characteristics

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 19:51:20 UTC

Communication is a big part of interaction between organisms. Many alert their groups of predators which helps the organisms to escape from then. Some animals groom each other. Cooperation is key to social behavior. Animals benefit from each other's actions.

Example

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 19:56:19 UTC

Example

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 20:01:01 UTC

Personal Statement

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 20:03:35 UTC

I think social behavior provides benefits for living species. Communication and cooperation can assist organisms in escaping predators. This gives the organisms an advantage to survive and because they survived, they can produce offspring. Overall, I think social behavior allows organisms to have a greater fitness which is a result from the benefits of social behavior.

References

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 20:06:16 UTC

Animal Social Behavior. (2018). Encyclopedia. Retrieved from <https://www.britannica.com/topic/animal-social-behaviour>.

References

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 20:09:32 UTC

McGlynn, Terrence. (2014). The Nature Education. Retrieved from <https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/how-does-social-behavior-evolve-13260245>.

Social Behavior. (2018). Biology Reference. Retrieved from <http://www.biologyreference.com/Se-T/Social-Behavior.html>.

kaelyn_174184 — 2018-04-19 20:13:57 UTC