Behavioral ecology is the study of how animals behave and why they behave that way in their natural environment. It explores how an animal's behavior helps it survive, find food, mate, and avoid predators. Full definition
Research interests: Behavioral ecology of primate personality, social foraging, social networks (nycep.org)
The science examined in the program occurs at the dauntingly complex intersection of the neurosciences, psychology, human behavioral ecology (sometimes called «sociobiology»), linguistics, human development, anthropology, the sciences of complexity and chaos, and the philosophy that attempts to interpret these disciplines. (religion-online.org)
Peter Dunn and Linda Whittingham, professors of behavioral ecology at UW - Milwaukee, wrote the paper with Jessica Armenta, a former UW - Milwaukee graduate student who now teaches at Austin Community College in Texas. (sciencedaily.com)