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... kittiwake and black - headed gull behavior . What prediction would you make about the kittiwake parent's response to eggshells after the hatching of its babies ? You are correct . The kittiwake , which has essentially no nest pred ...
... kittiwake and black - headed gull behavior . What prediction would you make about the kittiwake parent's response to eggshells after the hatching of its babies ? You are correct . The kittiwake , which has essentially no nest pred ...
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... kittiwake chicks do . They crouch within their nest , pointed away from the precipice until they are several weeks old and have fully feathered wings . Only then do they leap from the ledge to glide down to the ocean , where they will ...
... kittiwake chicks do . They crouch within their nest , pointed away from the precipice until they are several weeks old and have fully feathered wings . Only then do they leap from the ledge to glide down to the ocean , where they will ...
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... kittiwake gull . The switch from ground- nesting to cliff - nesting during the history of the kittiwake has had far- reaching , multiplicative consequences on the evolution of its behavior and structural characteristics . The reduction ...
... kittiwake gull . The switch from ground- nesting to cliff - nesting during the history of the kittiwake has had far- reaching , multiplicative consequences on the evolution of its behavior and structural characteristics . The reduction ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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