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Evolution and the Theory of Games

John Maynard Smith · 1988 · 8K citations

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On territorial behavior and other factors influencing habitat distribution in birds

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Behavioural ecology: An evolutionary approach

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Populations in a Seasonal Environment.

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Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits

John R. Krebs, Alejandro Kacelnik, Peter Taylor · Nature · 1978 · 609 citations

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