copulating with females. The variation in mating success is quite large in lek mating systems with 70–80% of matings being attributed to only 10–20% of the...

Look up lek, Lek, lék, or lęk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lek or LEK may refer to: Lek mating, of animals Albanian lek, currency Lek (magazine)...

polygynandry. Lek mating is frequently regarded as a form of polygyny, because one male mates with many females, but lek-based mating systems differ...

feeds on parsley. The Papilio polyxenes demonstrates polyandry and a lek mating system, showing no male parental care and display sites. Females are therefore...

The lek paradox is a conundrum in evolutionary biology that addresses the persistence of genetic variation in male traits within lek mating systems, despite...

day. It has two mating seasons each year during the dry seasons. It is believed to be the only bat species with a classical lek mating system, wherein...

defending territories that attract females and performing ritual displays or lek mating. Pups are typically born in the spring and summer months and females bear...

distances to lower elevations during winter. It makes use of a complex lek system in mating and nests on the ground under sagebrush or grass patches. It forages...

feathers, or any number of lek mating displays. This model does not predict a genetic benefit; rather, the reward is more mates. In a study done on great...

May 1990). "Sexual Selection Through Female Choice in Lawes' Parotia, A Lek-Mating Bird of Paradise". Evolution. 44 (3): 486–501. doi:10.2307/2409431. JSTOR 2409431...

progeny (see mating systems). For animals, mating strategies include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool. In some...

that mimics the female, use a variety of strategies to obtain mating opportunities at a lek, and the colourful head and neck feathers are erected as part...

species that use lek mating, such as the roach Rutilus rutilus. Biologists today distinguish between "male-to-male combat" and "mate choice", usually...

cause forms of contest competition to develop. This is often seen within lek mating systems. For example, males will seek to obtain a certain spot or position...

size of lek increases, mating success increases proportionally. However, mating success plateaus after more than 20 males gather in one lek. The causal...

choose a mate. The mating success varies based on multiple factors, ranging from the plumage exhibited by a male to the composition of the lek itself....

reproductive success vary between performing ritual displays (whale song) or lek mating. Calves are typically born in the winter and spring months and females...

taken. The long-wattled umbrellabird engages in lek mating, where the males congregate in common areas (leks) for display, which are visited by the solitary...

between tournament species and pair-bonding species. Aposematism Lek mating Mating Sexual selection Stotting Threat display Nelson, Ximena J.; Jackson...

(2013). "Is lek breeding rare in bats?". Journal of Zoology. 291 (1): 3–11. doi:10.1111/jzo.12069. Bradbury, J. W. (1977). "Lek Mating Behavior in the...

the courting season the hens arrive on the courting grounds, also called "lek", Swedish for "play". The cocks continue courting on the ground: This is...

10 km (6.2 mi). Some insects, such as ghost moths, use pheromones during lek mating. Traps containing pheromones are used by farmers to detect and monitor...

tend to have a lek mating system, the females living in loose groups and only visiting the traditional breeding grounds in order to mate. For this purpose...

have longer bills, males do not hold a specific territory and have a lek mating system. In species where males have shorter bills than females, males...

and have spots on their chest and back. Their calling consists of the mating songs which sound like "cheer," "chur-chur," and "chup." This helps male...

wing-rattling behaviour described for males suggests lek-mating, where males gather for competitive mating display. However, size dimorphism does occur in...

in mating will leave the lek sooner than other males and they will adopt other strategies to compensate for their lack of mating success in the lek. Furthermore...

Vision Behaviour Singing Intelligence Migration Foraging Sexual selection Lek mating Seabird breeding Incubation Brood parasites Nesting Hybrids Colony Evolution...

songs of the eastern bluebird Problems playing this file? See media help. Mating occurs in the spring and summer. A mature female typically raises two broods...

center of the lek tend to have a greater mating success than males with peripheral territories, but the size of a territory does not affect mating success....