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Filtering by: Subject Kin recognition in animals Remove constraint Subject: Kin recognition in animals Advisor Blaustein, Andrew R. Remove constraint Advisor: Blaustein, Andrew R. Degree Level Doctoral Remove constraint Degree Level: Doctoral

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  • Ecological aspects of kin discriminating behavior with implications of functional value

    Creator:
    Hokit, D. Grant
    Abstract:
    To assess the context dependence of kin discriminating behavior, I examined kin-biased aggregation behavior in tadpoles of R. cascadae in different ecological conditions. I manipulated food distribution, predator presence, thermal heterogeneity, and relatedness in a multifactorial mesocosm experiment. All four factors interacted to influence tadpole dispersion. My results suggest that...
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    Dissertation
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    have been utilized to explain the kin-biased behavior in most kin recognition studies. However, such