Is mate choice copying or aggregation responsible for skewed distributions of females on leks?

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In several lek-breeding populations of birds and mammals, females arriving on leks tend to join males that already have females in their territories. This might occur either because females have an evolved preference for mating with males that are attractive to other females, or because they join groups of other females to obtain greater safety from predation or dangerous harassment by males. We have previously...

Topics

• Animals
• Deer
• Estrus
• Female
• Male
• Phenotype
• Sexual Behavior, Animal
• Territoriality