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The research objects include animal communication behavior, emotional expression, social behavior, learning behavior, reproductive behavior and so on. Because of its research on animal learning and cognition and its correlation with neuroscience, animal behavior has certain influence on psychology, education and other disciplines.
Behavioral ecology
Behavioral ecology mainly studies the behavior mechanism in ecology, the ecological significance and evolutionary significance of animal behavior, and it is the fastest-growing and most active field of animal behavior in theory and methodology.
Behavioral ecology mainly involves feeding behavioral ecology. Defense behavioral ecology, reproductive behavioral ecology, social ecology, spatio-temporal behavioral ecology (such as habitat selection, orientation and navigation, nesting and domain phenomena, etc. ) and behavioral ecological prediction. Among them, outstanding progress has been made in social ecology or sociobiology. K.Lorenz's research on social behavior of birds, N. Timbergen's (1974) research on human social behavior and K.Von Frisch's research on social behavior of bees laid the foundation of social biology. From 65438 to 0975, E.O. Wilson published Sociobiology, which systematically introduced the viewpoint, theoretical system and research methods of this subject. Sociobiology applies Darwin's concept of natural selection to the study of social behavior, integrates ecology, behavior, genetics and evolution, and puts forward new concepts of internal fitness and kinship selection. These new concepts have raised the study of social behavior to a new height.
The fascinating prospect in this field is attracting more and more scientists. In particular, the research on behavioral economics and evolutionary stability countermeasures is showing great vitality. Although this field is almost blank in China, with the rapid development of this subject, it will certainly arouse great interest in China academic circles.
The research on animal behavior in China is in its infancy, and the content of the research is mainly descriptive. In terms of theoretical research, there is a big gap with foreign countries in both breadth and depth. So far, there are no special textbooks and periodicals on animal behavior in China. However, from the published papers and materials, China has made some progress in some areas of animal behavior.