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Start Here: Predator/Prey -Predators-Prey

Prey Module 1

Scouting for deer

Prey Module 2

Structure: deer mating calls

Prey Module 3

Function: deer mating calls

Prey Sources for Students

Prey Sources for Teachers

Acknowledgements

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Prey Sources for Students

 

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General Information

what is a deer?

North American Elk or Wapiti 8-12, U-G ******
European Red Deer 8-12, U-G *****
European Fallow Deer 8-12, U-G *****
North American White-tailed Deer 8-12, U-G ******
Asian Axis Deer (Chital) 8-12, U-G ***
Sika Deer 8-12, U-G **

Behavior

deer communicate?

Bibliography. U,G ******
Reby et al. 2010. "Oestrous red deer hinds prefer male roars with higher fundamental frequencies". U,G ******
Reby et al.2001. "Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Hinds Discriminate Between the Roars of Their Current Harem-Holding Stags." U,G *****

Red deer: behavior and ecology of two sexes TH Clutton-Brock, FE Guinness, SD Albon, 1982

pdf

U-G *****
"The roaring of red deer...honest advertisement" U-G ***
"Roaring by red deer stags advances the date of oestrus in hinds" U-G **
"Effects of season on....testosterone..." U-G ****
"Anatomical constraints generate honesty..." Reby & McComb 2003 U-G *****
"Female choice for high roaring rates in red deer, Cervus..." Animal Behaviour U, G ******
"Sex and age-class differences in vocalizations..." U,G ***

Observe deer

video clips

Yellowstone: Too Close! 4-G ****
Ethology Class videos 4-G ********
Ethology Class 2013 videos 4-G ********

Ethograms

Dictionary of behaviors? 

Red deer (short list pdf) 9-12, U *****
Red deer (microsoft excel workbook) U-G *****
Cervus Ethogram (elk & red deer) 9-12, U *******

Evolution

species comparisons?

Deer Inquiry: Evolutionary History U-G *****
Male vocal behavior & phylogeny in deer U-G ****
Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies of Cervidae... G ***

Nature of Science

testing hypotheses?

Behavior Basics 11-G ****
Lab Report 9 ****
Observation: Optical Illusions 11-G ****

Library Resources

articles and books?

How to Talk to the Elk (video) 3-5 ****
How to Talk to the Deer (video) 4-8 ****
White Tail Country 4-8 ********
Mule Deer Country 4-12,G ?
Elk Country 4-12,U,G *****


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