Male rank and optimal lek size

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Hernandez, Marcel L ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^a   McNamara, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optimal lek size; Reference rank; Relative competitive difference

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; LEK; MALE BEHAVIOR; MODEL; RANKING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032937720     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.1.73     Document Type: Article

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