Welcome to the home page of Biology 441/541 - Animal Behavior at Old Dominion University.  Naturally, the information provided here is primarily for students in the course.  I like to think, though, that other students, teachers, and other folks might find some of this material interesting and useful.  If you have comments or suggestions, please let me know! This page is very much under construction, and I welcome ideas. 
 

On-line readings 

•  Significance of Animal Behavior Research is a position paper by Charles Snowden, a past president of the Animal Behavior Society.  Required reading for 441/541 students. 
• Bonobo Sex and Society (hosted by a friend of mine) is a fascinating look at a largely overlooked close relative.
• Excellent hints for writing grant proposals , courtesy of Dr. G. Wilkinson, University of Maryland.

Miscellaneous cool stuff: critters, audio, video and more

• The Termite Page (by former ODU doctoral student Anthony Curtis!)
• Myrmecology - The Science about Ants (excellent site!) 
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology  for birdsong (use the link to the sound of the week)
• The WWW Virtual Library - Whale Watching  Web  for tons of resources (including audio) about whale behavior
• Jumping spider behavior for really neat video of various species 
• Breeding Bird Survey Summary and Analysis for more bird songs 
•  Primate Social Behavior Course Notes has tons of great information about, well, primate behavior!  Includes some nice photos.

Professional societies and journals

• American Psychological Association
• American Zoo and Aquarium Association
  
• Animal Behavior Society Web Site 
• Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
  
• Ethology
• Animal Behaviour (published by the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour; this is the Science Direct link to full-text articles for ODU students)
• Behavioral Ecology
• International Society for the Study of Applied Ethology
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  

Lists of links

• Animal Behavior Society Web Site has a great selection of links.
• Yahoo! Science:Biology:Zoology:Animals, Insects, and Pets:Animal Behavior

Other course homepages

• Zoology 360 Home is the homepage for Dr. Gerald Wilkerson's course at The University of Maryland.  In addition to lists of links, you can also read lecture outlines (not mine, though!) and other helpful materials.
• Bio 140: Behavioral Ecology is the homepage for Dr. Barry Sinervo's course at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  Lots of good resources.
• Biology 420: Animal Behavior is the homepage for Dr. Robert Huber's course at Bowling Green State University.  Yet more good resources!
• Biology 323: Animal Behavior is Dr. Verna Miller Case's course homepage at Davidson College.  Features nice student projects on social behavior.