selective advantage

noun

selective advantage

noun

Biology, Natural sciences The characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population in a given environment; the basis for evolution by natural selection.

What is the selective advantage of height?
Better to see predators in tall grass my dear.1998, Jerome Bixby, The Man From Earth (film):

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