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... individuals tend to dis- perse much more widely than younger individuals . This dispersal of older individuals might remove them from the immediate vicinity of younger individuals , and so reduce the probability of predators forming ...
... individuals tend to dis- perse much more widely than younger individuals . This dispersal of older individuals might remove them from the immediate vicinity of younger individuals , and so reduce the probability of predators forming ...
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... individuals are at a selective advantage in indus- trial areas and at a selective disadvantage in rural areas , when compared with typical individuals ; differential predation by birds on the two forms contributes significantly to the ...
... individuals are at a selective advantage in indus- trial areas and at a selective disadvantage in rural areas , when compared with typical individuals ; differential predation by birds on the two forms contributes significantly to the ...
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... individuals in a population . genetic drift The fact that chance , rather than selection , may affect gene frequencies when a population is very small ( usually fewer than fifty individuals ) . This phenomenon , like that of the founder ...
... individuals in a population . genetic drift The fact that chance , rather than selection , may affect gene frequencies when a population is very small ( usually fewer than fifty individuals ) . This phenomenon , like that of the founder ...
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abundance amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex apostatic selection August bait basal dash beak-damage behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis costa crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin Franklin Co gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama pheromone phrynia pm line PMNH predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens st lines Status Strecker T. D. Sargent TDS tree trunks ulalume ultronia Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish