Active formation of mixed-species grouse leks: A role for predation in lek evolution?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1509, 2002, Pages 2503-2507

  Gibson, Robert M ^a   Aspbury, Andrea S ^a   McDaniel, Leonard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b Valentine National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Lek mating; Mixed species groups; Tympanuchus

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GAMEBIRD; LEK; PREDATION RISK; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

EID: 0037160240     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2187     Document Type: Article

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