Mating success in lekking males: A meta-analysis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-338

  Fiske, Peder ^a,b   Rintamäki, Pekka T ^a   Karvonen, Eevi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lekking; Mating success; Meta analysis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0031871342     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.4.328     Document Type: Article

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