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One of the most fascinating aspects of human life is how we choose our mates. Animals also choose their mates, sometimes with a great deal of care. Mating systems are important to understand because they reflect the result of natural selection on mate ch
The extra-pair mating system of socially monogamous birds has many similarities to leks because sexual selection is strong and females obtain only sperm through copulations with extra-pair partners. The evolution of extra-pair mating systems is not favored under conditions of low breeding synchrony....
Evolutionary ecology of birds : life histories, mating systems, and extinction Peter M. Bennett, Ian P. F. Owens (Oxford series in ecology and evolution) Oxford University Press, c2002 : pbkdoi:10.1080/15627020.2003.11657210Villet, Martin
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. mate 1 (māt) n. 1. One of a matched pair: the mate to this glove. 2. A spouse or romantic partner. 3. a. Either of a pair of birds or other animals that associate in order to propagate. b. Either ...
Social contexts where males congregate at communal leks or display areas may influence the greater expression and frequency of MM sexual behavior in polygynous species. Copyright 2007. 展开 关键词: altricial animal homosexual behavior mating systems monogamy polygamy precocial same-sex sexual behavior ...
Evolutionary Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction - Bennett, Owens - 2002 () Citation Context ...wed by Stenseth et al. 2003, 2004). Seabirds are a group of marine top-predators with an extremely ‘‘slow’’ life history, which is to say that they have ...
Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals Many species of birds and mammals are faithful to their natal and breeding site or group. In most of them one sex is more philopatric than the other. In birds it is usually females which disperse more than males; in mammals it...
In such species it seems safe to infer that female choice has evolved in response to the increased supply of nutrients available to the female when mating with large males. However, even in non- resource based systems females often prefer to mate with large males. In many such cases female ...
Our best understanding of marine mammal mating systems comes from land-mating pinnipeds. Logistical problems of observing behavior at sea have limited our