Organisation in Animal Communities: Experimental and Naturalistic Studies of the Social Behaviour of AnimalsButterworths, 1973 - 251 pages |
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... characteristics . Very large differences in size and strength between male and female mammals are found in marine carnivores such as species of seal , and in some terrestrial mammals , such as the plains living American bison . In each ...
... characteristics . Very large differences in size and strength between male and female mammals are found in marine carnivores such as species of seal , and in some terrestrial mammals , such as the plains living American bison . In each ...
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... characteristics which led to their breeding success . These character- istics include strength , and whatever are the most potent display patterns of the species , even if these characteristics in some ways ultimately lessen the chances ...
... characteristics which led to their breeding success . These character- istics include strength , and whatever are the most potent display patterns of the species , even if these characteristics in some ways ultimately lessen the chances ...
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... characteristics of animals in many different situations . In other words , if for every behavioural characteristic studied , its variance within a population is also examined in relation to as wide a variety of other behavioural ...
... characteristics of animals in many different situations . In other words , if for every behavioural characteristic studied , its variance within a population is also examined in relation to as wide a variety of other behavioural ...
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General Perspectives | 1 |
Higher Order Social Organisations | 47 |
Interspecies Relationships | 90 |
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