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... insects not nectar . In southern Britain its winter territories consist of about 600 - meter stretches of river bank . Territory owners consume the aquatic insects that are constantly being washed up by the river . Wagtails , like ...
... insects not nectar . In southern Britain its winter territories consist of about 600 - meter stretches of river bank . Territory owners consume the aquatic insects that are constantly being washed up by the river . Wagtails , like ...
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... Insects , buds Insects . buds Wood- dwelling Small insects Forceps like bill insects Grasping bill Cama- rhynchus psittacula Cama- rhynchus parvulus Cactospiza pallida Certhidea olivacea Adaptive radiation in bill shape and diet has ...
... Insects , buds Insects . buds Wood- dwelling Small insects Forceps like bill insects Grasping bill Cama- rhynchus psittacula Cama- rhynchus parvulus Cactospiza pallida Certhidea olivacea Adaptive radiation in bill shape and diet has ...
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... Insects Although a Martian ethologist would surely admire the com- plex social lives of green woodhoopoes and olive baboons , he or she would be even more impressed upon being stung by a honeybee . What is most impressive about this ...
... Insects Although a Martian ethologist would surely admire the com- plex social lives of green woodhoopoes and olive baboons , he or she would be even more impressed upon being stung by a honeybee . What is most impressive about this ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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