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Contents
When to Disperse as an Assay for Demonstrating | 23 |
Conclusions | 29 |
Categorical | 47 |
Resolving Conflicts of Interest with Probabilistic Responses | 55 |
Female Primates as EnergyMaximizers in Heterogeneous Regimes | 61 |
Alloparental Behaviors as an Example of the Flexibility | 70 |
Life History Tactics and the Evolution of Behavioral Flexibility | 78 |
Signaling Theory and Patterns of BranchBreaking | 87 |
Does Each Sex Favor Different Outcomes of MaleFemale | 96 |
Sociosexual Organization and the Expression of Behavioral Flexibility | 109 |
36 | 113 |
Interpretations and Prospects | 123 |
Glossary | 139 |
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