The course presents an integrative multi-level approach to the scientific study of animal behavior in a natural ecologically relevant context. Animal behavior is influenced by genes, the environment, and the interaction between genes and the environment. In order to fully understand behavior it is therefore necessary to know both the mechanisms underlying behavior, its adaptive value, and the evolutionary processes that shaped behavior over time. In the course we will learn that behavior is an integral part of animal adaptation to its environment. Read more about Animal Behavior