lekking

Many authors consider this as a form of lekking behaviour.

At breeding time, males are involved in lekking behaviour on the forest floor.

They include: Lekking behaviour, where males display and the female chooses.

The type of territory defended by males in lekking species.

Some such mammals also show lekking, but relatively few in comparison to birds.

There are two types of lekking arrangements: classical and exploded.

In these areas a male will try to impress the females while defending the area from other males, a practice known as lekking.

An evolutionary explanation connecting lekking to fruit-eating has been proposed.

Part of his work involves modelling lekking behaviour in Uganda kob.

At breeding time, males are involved in lekking behaviour when they sing and dance to impress females.

As in other lekking species, the female then builds the nest and raises the young without involvement by males.

Even insects like the midge and the ghost moth demonstrate lekking behavior.

The bird engages in lekking in the plant's habitat.

Some such birds show lekking behaviour.

Lekking rates were low in cold weather early in the season when off-lek males spent most of their time feeding.

They are a solitary wasp species, displaying lekking territorial behavior in their mating rituals.

A potential cost of monandry in the lekking sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis.

The first record of a displaying great snipe came from 11-16 May at Cley where one was seen lekking.

Lekking species do not exhibit runaway selection.

This unusual form of courtship displaying is known as "Lekking" and is found throughout the animal kingdom.

An alternative hypothesis for lekking is kin selection, which assumes that males within a lek are related to one another.

Our finding suggests that they benefit from lekking with sharp-tails, which in turn implicates predation."

Females fly through leks or perch near lekking areas to observe males before making choices on mates.

Males of many species in the subfamily Clusiodinae have been observed while engaged in lekking behaviour.