List of top Behavioural Ecology Questions on Evolutionary Biology asked in GATE EY

A new food requesting behaviour has been observed in bonnet macaques in Bandipur National Park. The macaques extend their hand and make a cooing sound only towards humans, which effectively results in food given to them. If this behaviour is to increase in frequency in the population over time by the process of natural selection, which one or more of the options below is/are necessary condition(s)?

In an assemblage of coexisting wild cat species, the size of canine teeth was found to be strikingly different between these species. Which one or more of the following statements explain(s) this observation?

Which one or more of the following is/are prediction(s) or assumption(s) of the handicap principle for the evolution of sexual signals?

Habitat P has twice the density of resources as habitat Q. Assume that individuals are identical, can move freely, have perfect information about the environment, and compete for resources when they are in a habitat. At equilibrium, which one of the following represents the predicted outcome?

Neuronal circuits that mediate escape responses in animals would perform best if they had which one of the following combination of properties?