Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biology of organisms and ecology (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Insect behavior covers a very wide range of activities, including locomotion, feeding, communication, reproduction, dispersal, flight, learning, migration, host or prey selection, diapause, and various responses to environmental hazards such as temperature, parasites, and toxins.
Through a conventional approach of ethology, the student will be led to discover the strategies of the study of the behavior of the insects: the study of their function, the associated mechanisms, the learning and the evolution of the behaviors. Life in society will be approached, so the important place of the olfaction.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After the course, the student should be able to apply the issues Tinbergen specific behavioral traits in particular:
-> To present the ontogenetic bases for the development of animal behavior, and insect in particular
-> Describe how changes impact the development of a behavioral trait
-> To present and discuss the function of a behavior
-> Present mechanisms for the expression of an animal behavior, and insect in particular
At the end of the course, the student must also be able to propose a study protocol of a particular behavior, and analyze the results obtained.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basics in Ehtology
Basics in Entomology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Practical work
Written report
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face lectures or distance lecture
Recommended or required readings
There is no syllabus provided. All powerpoint slides will be provided to the students using ecampus.
Recommanded books:
Ethologie animale - Une approche biologique du comportement (Darmaillacq et Lévy). Editions de Boeck.
Le comportement animal - Psychobiologie, éthologie et évolution (McFarland). Editions de Boeck.
Tristram Wyatt, Pheromone and animal Behaviour, Eds Cambridge University Press
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Scientific protocol development (20%)
Laboratory evaluation (10%)
Written report (40%)
Oral exam including results presentation (30%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Ex-Cathedra courses on Sart-Tilman campus
Laboratory work on the campus of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Contacts
Prof VERHEGGEN François
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Avenue de la Facuté d'agronomie 2B
5030 Gembloux
Belgique
+32 81 622662
fverheggen@uliege.be