Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... males and females may be unrelated to like - sexed group members . " Although there have been many studies of ... Males and their mates generally breed in the same site in successive breeding seasons . Following the death of a mate or an ...
... males and females may be unrelated to like - sexed group members . " Although there have been many studies of ... Males and their mates generally breed in the same site in successive breeding seasons . Following the death of a mate or an ...
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... male . Competition among males for mates can be excluded because there is no opportunity for interactions between adult and juvenile males , and interactions among sons would not explain the totality of male dispersal or male dispersal ...
... male . Competition among males for mates can be excluded because there is no opportunity for interactions between adult and juvenile males , and interactions among sons would not explain the totality of male dispersal or male dispersal ...
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... male in an adjacent group , and then returned . The second did not mate with her son since he had disappeared on the day she came into estrus ( he was the only one of 89 adult males to disappear during the breeding season ) . The third ...
... male in an adjacent group , and then returned . The second did not mate with her son since he had disappeared on the day she came into estrus ( he was the only one of 89 adult males to disappear during the breeding season ) . The third ...
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Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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a-diversity abundance Africa alleles animals Barro Colorado Barro Colorado Island bats biological biologists bird species breeding caves Chapter climate coadaptation communities conservation biology crop density dispersal distribution disturbance ecological ecosystem edge effects environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic groups growth Guinea habitat specificity heliophiles heterosis heterozygosity heterozygous homozygotes Houérou Hubbell and Foster human inbreeding inbreeding depression increase individuals insect interactions introduced species Irian Jaya islands isolated km² loci males mammals mangrove mating natural number of species nutrients occur outbreeding depression overdominance patches patterns percent plant species pops population population densities predators problems production range rare species rarity reduced reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone