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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour -- an animal's strugg...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Nicholas B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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