Competition for females on leks when male competitive abilities differ: Empirical test of a model

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 427-431

  Widemo, Fredrik ^a,b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Section of Animal Ecology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ideal free distribution; Lek; Philomachus pugnax; Ruff

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENCOUNTER RATE; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; MODEL;

PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 0031691820     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.5.427     Document Type: Article

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