Imperfect female choice and male mating skew on leks of different sizes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 277-281

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Earn, David J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lekking; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

LEK; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS;

EID: 0032901534     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050562     Document Type: Article

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