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Ac knowledging existing diversity and encompassing it in more accurate por trayals of primate behavioral ecology requires consideration of the inter acting effects of phylogenetic, demographic, ontogenetic, and physiological variables. Click get books and find your favorite books in the online library. Their environment includes not only the physical environment e. Guidelines for the use of fishes in research american fisheries. The overall goal of each contribution is to integrate newly collected field data with theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary. Primate reproductive strategies and parental investment 2. Below are links to the free, downloadable word doc and pdf versions of the. Assumptions and perceptions based on experiences with mammals, especially prim. Techniques for the study of primate population ecology. Springerverlag 1986 group size and foraging efficiency in yellow baboons peter b. Comparative severity of experimentally induced mycobacteriosis in striped bass morone saxatilis and hybrid tilapia oreochromis spp. Primate behavior introduction the evolution of behavior. Pdf the process of domestication involves adaptation, usually to a captive. Zebras are classified in the genus equus known as equines along with horses and asses.
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