Queuing for territory positions in the lekking black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 376-383

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,d   Lindström, Jan ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^b   Rintamäki, Pekka T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Department of Zoology ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black grouse; Honest signaling; Lekking; Queuing theory; Territory succession; Tetrao tetrix

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GAMEBIRD; LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; TERRITORY;

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 0031845337     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.4.376     Document Type: Article

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