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| Urination, preening, defecation, grooming, dusting, sleeping, etc. |
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| Breeding systems, intra(same species) and interspecific(various species) relationships, predation |
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| Environmental Interactions |
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| Habitat, food, selecting, nest/den, site selection, thermal habitat selection |
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| Sum of an animal's fitness as measured by personal reproductive success and that of relatives with those relatives devalued in proportion to their genetic distance. |
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| Assumption of Inclusive Fitness |
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| Animals behave in ways that tend to maximize their inclusive fitness in relation to available options. Natural selection judges the survival value of selection between various options. |
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| An important arena for natural selection. Right to food, right to breed, right to space... |
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| Where animals feed, breed, and carry other important activities. Depends on intra-specific and inter-specific relationships. Occurs within limits of the Interaction Principle. |
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| A behavioral mechanism of habitat selection where the species has an innate map or matrix of suitable habitat. Choice is made according to the degree of fit. |
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| A behavioral mechanism of habitat selection where a species assesses the population level of the food supply and adjust their selection and breeding effort accordingly. |
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| Negative Feedback Mechanisms |
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| Lack of negative cues and presence of positive cues work in combination to cause avoidance or selection. |
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| Courtship, pair-bonding, coition, post copulation displays, incubation, parent/young relationships |
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