CLINICAL REVIEW ARTICLES IN GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Instinctive behavior is an innate, unrelated response to specific stimuli. Characteristics of instinctive behavior include inherited, unlearned, complex and species-specific. Examples of instinctive behaviors are migration, hunting skills, fight or flight and courtship rituals. Importance of instinctive behavior include survival, reproduction and efficienc.. aactors affecting behavior are environmental factors, genetics as well as instincts, learning as well as experience, mating as well as reproductive strategies, circadian rh.thms, communication as well as signalling, ph.siological states, cognitive abilities and human influence. aactors affecting behavioral plasticit. include predator-pre. interaction, habitat variation, climate asa well as weather. T.pes of communication are visual. Auditor., olfactor. and tactile. T.pes of adaptation include behavioral adaptations, ph.siological adaptation and structural adaptation.