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International ethological conference: The evolutionary basis of behaviour

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  1. the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS

    John R. Krebs

  2. Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544

    Robert M. May

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