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... breeding group is a social group that includes adult males and females . They may not actually be breeding ; it may be the wrong time of year , or there may be a famine , or they may not like each other . In primates we use this def ...
... breeding group is a social group that includes adult males and females . They may not actually be breeding ; it may be the wrong time of year , or there may be a famine , or they may not like each other . In primates we use this def ...
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... BREEDING GROUP STRUCTURE Classification by breeding structure cuts across the earlier considerations of group size and kinbonding . A small foraging unit might breed as a monogamous pair , or be part of a multimale community like the ...
... BREEDING GROUP STRUCTURE Classification by breeding structure cuts across the earlier considerations of group size and kinbonding . A small foraging unit might breed as a monogamous pair , or be part of a multimale community like the ...
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... breeding and long lactational amenorhea , then it is also obvious that an infan- ticidal male in a population of noninfanticidal males will always have more breeding opportunities than his competitors . He begins breeding earlier , or ...
... breeding and long lactational amenorhea , then it is also obvious that an infan- ticidal male in a population of noninfanticidal males will always have more breeding opportunities than his competitors . He begins breeding earlier , or ...
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WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
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