NDLI: Overt female mate competition and preference for central males ina lekking antelope

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Author	Jakob, Bro-jørgensen
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	In mammals, there exists only scant evidence of female mate choicein species mating on arenas, so-called leks. This has led tohypotheses of lek evolution that are based on benefits to females fromreduced harassment by males, low predation risk, or improvedavailability of scarce nutrients. Here I report that female topiantelopes (Damaliscus lunatus) compete aggressively formatings with preferred males on central lek territories. Females fightat higher rates and more likely disrupt mating attempts of others inthe lek center than elsewhere. Contrary to the predictions of thealternative hypotheses, food resources were insignificant, andharassment levels and estimated predation risk were higher on than offlek. These results clearly demonstrate female competition formates in a lekking mammal in which a female chooses between males forthe sole purpose of mating. The finding suggests that the forcesleading to lek evolution in mammals and birds may be more similar thanpreviously acknowledged.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.142125899
Starting Page	9290
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10916490
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	14
Volume Number	99
Language	English
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2002-07-09
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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