Male display areas in exploded leks: The importance of food resources for male mating success

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1296-1307

  Alonso, Juan C ^a   Magaña, Marina ^a   Álvarez Martínez, Jose M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

exploded lek; great bustard; mating tactic; Otis tarda; path analysis; resource defense

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LEK; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORY;

EID: 84867765903     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars121     Document Type: Article

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