Determinants of yearling male lekking effort and mating success in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1209-1217

  Kervinen, Matti ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Lebigre, Christophe ^a,b   Siitari, Heli ^a   Soulsbury, Carl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Croix du Sud   (Belgium)

Author keywords

age at first reproduction; fitness; male male competition; sexual selection; survival

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; FITNESS; GAMEBIRD; LEK; MALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOLOGY; OVERWINTERING; PATERNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84867768586     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars104     Document Type: Article

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