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... bluegill , and as a result his eggs are twice as likely to be eaten by a predator as those of a male on a central nest ( see Table 2 , Chapter 14 ) . If peripheral individuals in a selfish herd of bluegills or black - headed gulls are ...
... bluegill , and as a result his eggs are twice as likely to be eaten by a predator as those of a male on a central nest ( see Table 2 , Chapter 14 ) . If peripheral individuals in a selfish herd of bluegills or black - headed gulls are ...
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... bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ) and its relative , the pumpkin- seed sunfish ( Lepomis gibbosus ) [ 289 ] . Bluegills are generally social ; pump- kinseeds are solitary . The social nature of bluegills is expressed during the ...
... bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ) and its relative , the pumpkin- seed sunfish ( Lepomis gibbosus ) [ 289 ] . Bluegills are generally social ; pump- kinseeds are solitary . The social nature of bluegills is expressed during the ...
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... bluegill sunfish . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 77 : 6937-6940 . Gross , M. R. , and A. M. MacMillan . 1981. Predation and the evolution of colonial nesting in bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ) . Behavioral ...
... bluegill sunfish . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 77 : 6937-6940 . Gross , M. R. , and A. M. MacMillan . 1981. Predation and the evolution of colonial nesting in bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ) . Behavioral ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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