Courtship Behaviour

• Why is courtship behaviour carried out by organisms?

  To attract a mate of the right species
• Give an example of how courtship behaviour can be simple?

  releasing chemicals
• How can courtship behaviour be quite complex?


  A series of displays
• how Is courtship behaviour specific

  Courtship behaviour is species specific
• What does it mean by courtship behaviour being species specific

  Only members of the same species will do and respond to that courtship behaviour.

  this allows members of the same species to recognise each other, preventing interbreeding and making reproduction more successful
• What does mating with the wrong species produce

  Infertile offspring
• Because of this specificity ….

  Courtship behaviour can be used to classify organisms
• What happens if species are more closely related

  Their courtship behaviour is more similar
• Give example of courtship behaviour

  male butterflies use chemicals to attract females. Only those of the correct species respond
• Give example of peacock species behavipir

  Male peacocks show off their colourful tails. This tail pattern is only found in peacocks