Black Grouse leks on ice: Female mate sampling by incitation of male competition?

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Hovi ◽  
Rauno V. Alatalo ◽  
Pirkko Siikamäki
Keyword(s):  
Male Competition ◽  
Black Grouse ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Mate Sampling

Black Grouse leks on ice: Female mate sampling by incitation of male competition?

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
M. Hovi ◽  
Rauno V. Alatalo ◽  
Pirkko Siikam�ki
Keyword(s):  
Male Competition ◽  
Black Grouse ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Mate Sampling

Copying the Mate Choice of Others? Observations On Female Black Grouse

Behaviour ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 114 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 221-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rauno V. Alatalo ◽  
Jacob HÖGLUND ◽  
Arne Lundberg
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Random Mating ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
Black Grouse ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Almost All

AbstractIt has been suggested that the non-random mating often observed in lekking species is a consequence of either male-male competition or active female mate choice. Here we show that the highly skewed mating distributions observed in a black grouse lek in three years were indeed different from random expectations. We suggest that females copying the mate choice of others enhance this skew. Observations in favour of copying are: females pay multiple visits to the lek during several days; females arrive and move in bands which makes it possible to observe the visits to male territories and matings of other females; in the main lek in the study area, males often mated in sequence indicating that by being visited by many females and by mating the attractiveness of males increased. However, this last effect was only evident in one of the years of the study, and only on the largest lek which had exceptionally many female visits this year. In leks with a smaller number of visiting females, copying, even if present, is difficult to detect without experiments since almost all females tend to copulate with the top-male.

A Large Cost of Female Mate Sampling in Pronghorn

2005 ◽  
Vol 166 (6) ◽  
pp. 661
Author(s):  
Byers ◽  
Wiseman ◽  
Jones ◽  
Roffe
Keyword(s):  
Female Mate ◽  
Mate Sampling

A Large Cost of Female Mate Sampling in Pronghorn

2005 ◽  
Vol 166 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Byers ◽  
Patryce A. Wiseman ◽  
Lee Jones ◽  
Thomas J. Roffe
Keyword(s):  
Female Mate ◽  
Mate Sampling

Female mate choice through spawning parade formed by male-male competition in filefishRudarius ercodes

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Izumi Akagawa ◽  
Takeshi Kanda ◽  
Muneo Okiyama
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
Female Mate

scholarly journals Dual functions of a melanin-based ornament in the common yellowthroat

2005 ◽  
Vol 272 (1568) ◽  
pp. 1121-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A Tarof ◽  
Peter O Dunn ◽  
Linda A Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Female Choice ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Common Yellowthroat ◽  
Mask Size ◽  
The Common ◽  
Dual Functions

Melanin-based ornaments often function as signals in male–male competition, whereas carotenoid-based ornaments appear to be important in female mate choice. This difference in function is thought to occur because carotenoid pigments are more costly to produce than melanins and are thus more reliable indicators of male quality. We examined the role of melanin- and carotenoid-based ornaments in male–male competition and female choice in the common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas , a sexually dichromatic passerine. Males display a black facial mask produced by melanin pigmentation and a bright yellow bib (throat, breast and belly) produced by carotenoid pigmentation. In controlled aviary experiments, mask size was the best predictor of both male–male competition and female mate choice, and, therefore, mask size may be regarded as an ornament of dual function. These dual functions may help to maintain the reliability of mask size as an indicator of male quality, despite the potentially low cost of production. The size of the bib was unrelated to male–male competition or female choice, but there was a tendency for females to prefer males with more colourful bibs. We propose that the black mask is important in competition for territories with other males and for attracting females. Our results highlight the need for more studies of the mechanisms of sexual selection in species with ornaments composed of different pigment types.

Mate sampling behaviour of black grouse females (Tetrao tetrix)

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka T. Rintamäki ◽  
Rauno V Alatalo ◽  
Jacob Höglund ◽  
Arne Lundberg
Keyword(s):  
Black Grouse ◽  
Tetrao Tetrix ◽  
Mate Sampling
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