Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

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Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

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…peaked with the publication of Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds (1968). This work was one of the first major studies of social behavior to make extensive use of the comparative method, which attempts to understand how natural selection favors particular traits by comparing the ecology of related species.
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…peaked with the publication of Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds (1968). This work was one of the first major studies of social behavior to make extensive use of the comparative method, which attempts to understand how natural selection favors particular traits by comparing the ecology of related species.
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