Pearson eText Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections -- Access Card (9th Edition)
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Author: Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 35, Problem 3TYK
Pheasants do not feed their chicks. Immediately after hatching, a pheasant chick starts pecking at seeds and insects on the ground. How might a behavioral ecologist explain the ultimate cause of this behavior?
a. Pecking is a fixed action pattern.
b. Pheasants learned to peck, and their offspring inherited this behavior.
c. Pheasants that pecked as chicks survived and reproduced best.
d. Pecking is a result of imprinting during a sensitive period.
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