Harmony and Conflict in the Living World - Alexander F. Skutch [106]
"Selfish gene," 2326, 3132
Sex:
as disruptive factor among animals, 7172
Sexual rivalry, 4041
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna, 29
Shoemaker, Hurst Hugh, 61
Shrike, Yellow-billed, Corvinella corvina, 146
Side-saddle Flower, Sarracenia purpurea, 99
Skutch, Alexander F., 15, 29, 35, 56, 66, 71, 75, 126, 136, 146, 193
Sleeping. See Roosting
Sleepy Catchfly, Silene antirrhina, 110
Snow, Barbara, and David Snow, 91
Social bonds, 6472
Social hierarchies, 6064
Socrates, 50
Sparrow-weaver, White-browed, Plocepasser mahali, 146
Species:
definitions of, 2122;
limits of, 22;
relations of individuals to, 2225
Spirituality:
defined, 194;
need of, 194
Springbuck:
display of, 5960
Squirrel, California Ground, Citellus beecheyi, 57
Stacey, Peter B., and Walter D. Koenig, 76
Starling, Chestnut-bellied, Spreo pulcher, 94
European, Stumus vulgaris, 5758
Stoics, 95
Strife:
origins among organisms of, 4144;
sexual, 4447
Sundew(s):
adhesive tentacles of, 11114
Round-leaved, 112
Swallows, 64
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Taboos:
effects of, 18182
Teasels, Dipsacus spp., 111
Teleology, 131, 134:
"purpose" and "end," 13739;
teleonomic programs in nature, 13942
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 53
Termites, 64;
social bonds of, 70
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