Practical exercises

• Meerkat behaviour
  Issue 1. Some suggestions for meerkat-related behavioural studies.
• Phototaxis & kinesis responses in maggots
  Issue 5. Discover whether maggots show phototaxis, photokinesis, or both.
• Vigilance in feeding birds
  Issue 5. Scanning frequency should reflect a balance between the cost of reduced feeding rate, and the need to minimise the risk of predation.
• Turn alternation in woodlice
  Issue 7. Like many other animals, woodlice tend to alternate their turns: when forced to turn in one direction they subsequently choose to turn in the opposite direction.
• Egg laying in butterflies
  Issue 14. After mating, female butterflies look for suitable sites in which to lay their eggs.
• Nest building by small mammals
  Issue 15. Nest building in small mammals has been investigated to try to determine the relative importance of the contributions of genetic and environmental influences.