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Contents
NATURAL SELECTION | 6 |
ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXT | 16 |
GENES AND DEVELOPMENT | 34 |
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action potentials activity adaptive adult animal auditory bees behavior patterns behavioral abilities benefits biological birds black-headed gull bombykol brain breeding capture Chapter chicks cockroach colony Color copulate courtship cricket cues detect display ecological eggs environment environmental enzymes evolution evolutionary evolved example feeding femaIes female Figure flies foraging frog ganglion cells genes genetic genotype green heron gull habitat havior highly honeybee hormone human inclusive fitness incubation individuals innate insects interneuron kin selection kittiwake laughing gull learning locate male male's mate mechanisms membrane messages moth muscles nectar nerve cells nervous system nest neural neurons offspring parental investment peck Photograph physiological polygyny potential predators prey produce progeny receptive receptors relatively relay reproductive success response sensory sexual signals social song sounds sparrow species sperm stimuli subesophageal ganglion survival territory tion tive toad traits visual wasp white-crowned white-crowned sparrows workers young
Bibliographic information
| Title | Animal behavior: an evolutionary approach |
| Author | John Alcock |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Sinauer Associates, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 27, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878930248, 9780878930241 |
| Length | 532 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Animal behavior Behavior evolution Evolution Evolution (Biology) Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General |
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