The hawks and doves example illustrated in the textbook shows that an important property of evolution by natural selection is that traits are often favored by their effects
A)on individual payoffs.
B)on population payoffs.
C)regardless of the payoffs.
D)and not on the costs to obtain those traits.

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The hawks and doves example shows that the traits of hawks and doves are favored by their effects on individual payoffs, with hawks being favored when there are scarce resources and doves being favored when there are abundant resources. This demonstrates that natural selection often favors traits based on their effects on individual payoffs.

The Hawks and Doves Example Illustrated in the Textbook Shows