Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/; from Neo-Greek πολυγυνία, from πολύ- (polú-) 'many' and γυνή (gunḗ) 'woman, wife') is a mating system in which one male lives and...

species. Common mating or reproductively motivated systems include monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, polygamy and promiscuity. Other sexual behaviour may be reproductively...

to the polygyny system based on the cost and benefits incurred by members of each sex. Polygyny is where one male mates with several females in a breeding...

Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/) is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women. The term polygyny is from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία...

The polygyny threshold model is an evolutionary explanation of polygyny, the mating of one male of a species with more than one female. The model shows...

same time, it is called polygyny. When a woman is married to more than one husband at the same time, it is called polyandry. In sociobiology and zoology...

In animal behavior, resource defense polygyny is a mating strategy where a male is able to support multiple female mates by competing with other males...

even when polygyny is accepted in the community, the majority of relationships in the society are monogamous in practice – while couples remain in the relationship...

A lek is an aggregation of male animals gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals, known as lekking, to entice visiting females...

Male pinnipeds typically mate with more than one female (polygyny), though the degree of polygyny varies with the species. The males of land-breeding species...

circumstances. Recognised systems include monogamy, polygamy (which includes polygyny, polyandry, and polygynandry), and promiscuity, all of which lead to different...

(anḗr) 'man') is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two...

religious, sexual, and romantic purposes. In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, forced marriage, polygyny marriage, polyandry marriage, group marriage...

usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a...

communicating with each other. Mating among rodents can vary from monogamy, to polygyny, to promiscuity. Many have litters of underdeveloped, altricial young,...

locate nests. Polygyny in wood ants (Formica genus) is a colony's social structure that contains multiple reproducing queens. Polygyny may have evolved...

2022-11-23. "Carpenter Ant Damage In The Home - Four Common Areas". EnviroPest Solutions. 13 March 2021. Colony Size and Polygyny in Carpenter Ants (Hymenoptera:...

female-defense polygyny, or resource-defense polygyny is promoted, while the "roaming tactic" promotes scramble-competition polygyny. The typical gestation...

accumulation of spawning substrate: a determinant of extreme polygyny in a shell-brooding cichlid fish". Animal Behaviour. 48 (3): 669–678. doi:10.1006/anbe.1994...

multicellular animals that live in colonies with a highly organized social structure. Colonies of some social insects may be deemed superorganisms. Animals, such...

Jonathan N.; Peery, M. Zachariah (19 December 2012). "Unexpected Strong Polygyny in the Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth". PLOS ONE. 7 (12): e51389. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...

Weatherhead PJ, Robertson RJ (February 1979). "Offspring quality and the polygyny threshold: "The sexy son hypothesis"". American Naturalist. 113 (2): 201–208...

of multiple females. This type of mating system can be referred to as polygyny, where one male has multiple female mates, but each female mates with only...

animal monogamy). The incidence of monogamy in primate species is similarly low in contrast with polygyny (one male mating with two or more females),...

dead animals and, like mice and rats, they can live on almost any nut or fruit. In addition, voles target plants more than most other small animals, making...

density, and the mating system (polygyny or monogamy). Higher population density leads to a higher incidence of failure in producing pups. Silver foxes have...

selective breeding of domestic animals, is being used to breed back recently extinct animals in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that...

nation in the world. India is the largest producer of milk, jute and pulses, and has the world's largest cattle population with 303 million animals in 2023...

even less so in the modern era. At least several dozen tribes allowed polygyny to sisters, with procedural and economic limits. Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota...

to the Welfare of Animals Regulations (1995), but that it might consider implementing the labelling of meat originating from animals slaughtered without...