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Strier primate behavioral ecology 17 patterns of primate behavioral evolution more broadly tooby and devore 1987. Readings corresponding to lecture topics will be assigned from selected papers. Behavioral ecology studies the relationship between behaviors, natural environment, and biological traits of the species. It consists of a circuit of eightyeight temples around the perimeter of shikoku, the smallest of japans four main islands. Primate behavioral ecology the study of primate behavior that focues on the adaptive value of behavior from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Primate social behavior strier 2018 american journal.
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