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... example is provided by a familiar hypothesis for the function of dispersal by lemmings . These small arctic rodents leave the area in which they have been living in times of high population density . Because many lemmings die as they ...
... example is provided by a familiar hypothesis for the function of dispersal by lemmings . These small arctic rodents leave the area in which they have been living in times of high population density . Because many lemmings die as they ...
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... example of this approach , see Chapter 9 on sunbird terri- toriality ) . Here , however , we shall use the more qualitative comparative method to test whether territoriality is correlated with ecological factors that raise the benefits ...
... example of this approach , see Chapter 9 on sunbird terri- toriality ) . Here , however , we shall use the more qualitative comparative method to test whether territoriality is correlated with ecological factors that raise the benefits ...
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... example , a honeybee queen usually copulates with more than one dozen males on her nuptial flights [ 563 ] . The skeptics point , moreover , to the widespread occurrence of joiner females in various wasps , including Polistes , that ...
... example , a honeybee queen usually copulates with more than one dozen males on her nuptial flights [ 563 ] . The skeptics point , moreover , to the widespread occurrence of joiner females in various wasps , including Polistes , that ...
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The Genetics of Behavior | 25 |
GENES PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS | 42 |
The Development of Behavior | 55 |
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