<span>Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal behavior. Ethologists take a comparative approach, studying behaviors ranging from kinship, cooperation, and parental investment, to conflict, sexual selection, and aggression across a variety of species.</span>
The spiral usually begins with an increase in demand. The direct effect of this increase is that the producers (of commodities) raise prices to continue to make a profit. It usually begins with a rise in production costs.
A minimum point used for comparison i think