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Lek mating

A lek is an aggregation of male animals gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals, known as lekking, to entice visiting females which are surveying prospective partners with which to mate. It can also refer to a space used by displaying males to defend their own share of territory for the breeding season. A lekking species is…

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Lekking behaviour

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The lek paradox

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Lek mating

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black grouseinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
lekking is also found in a wide range of vertebrates including some bony fishinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
amphibiansinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
reptilesinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
mammalsinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
and arthropods including crustaceansinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
insects.A classical lek consists of male territories in visualinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
auditory range of each otherinstance ofAlthough most prevalent among birds0.80text
the black grouseinstance ofAvian females0.80text
great snipe are faithful to malesinstance ofAvian females0.80text
not to mating sitesinstance ofAvian females0.80text
lekking sizeinstance ofas lower ranking males may congregate to achieve a perceived optimal size to attract females.Female mating preferencesA meta analysis of 27 species found that qualities0.80text

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