Direct and indirect mate choice on leks

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-157

  Sæther, Stein Are ^a   Baglo, Ragnhild ^b   Fiske, Peder ^c   Ekblom, Robert ^a   Höglund, Jacob ^a   Kålås, John Atle ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gallinago media; Indirect mate choice; Lekking; Sexual selection; Temporal spillover; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

LEK; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GALLINAGO MEDIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 23044509220     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431248     Document Type: Article

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