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... courtship and cop- ulation behavior of animals [ 493 ] . A mature male spider that locates a receptive female of his species mechanically performs a series of behavior patterns in response to sign stimuli . If he is fortunate ...
... courtship and cop- ulation behavior of animals [ 493 ] . A mature male spider that locates a receptive female of his species mechanically performs a series of behavior patterns in response to sign stimuli . If he is fortunate ...
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... courtship feeding . It is common for male birds , like hangingflies , to feed their mates before copulating with them . Moreover , in the red - billed gull and some other species , the probability of copulation is much increased if the ...
... courtship feeding . It is common for male birds , like hangingflies , to feed their mates before copulating with them . Moreover , in the red - billed gull and some other species , the probability of copulation is much increased if the ...
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... courtship signal , stimulating the female to ovulate and become receptive . Bowerbirds conceivably evolved from birds in which the visual stimuli provided by a nest served this courtship func- tion . Currently , inasmuch as males of ...
... courtship signal , stimulating the female to ovulate and become receptive . Bowerbirds conceivably evolved from birds in which the visual stimuli provided by a nest served this courtship func- tion . Currently , inasmuch as males of ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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