Female mate fidelity in a lek mating system and its implications for the evolution of cooperative lekking behavior

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-222

  DuVal, E H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Mate choice; Monogamy; Renesting; Satin bowerbird

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DATA SET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LEK; MATE FIDELITY; MONOGAMY; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PANAMA; PASSERIFORMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84873038030     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668830     Document Type: Article

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