Trade-Offs in Male Display Activity with Lek Size.
In lek mating systems, males aggregate and defend arenas where they display for females; females select and mate with a male and then solely raise their offspring. Generally, female visits and copulations increase and reproductive variance in male mating success declines with lek size. Here we inves...
Main Authors: | César Cestari, Bette A Loiselle, Marco Aurélio Pizo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5040435?pdf=render |
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