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High hunting pressure leads to lower number of cocks and as a consequence to smaller leks.
Evidence for an additive effect of hunting mortality in an alpine black grouse Lyrurus tetrix population
This study was conducted on Sage-Grouse from 3 leks in southeastern Alberta, Canada (Fig.
Observation of polyandry in endangered Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Alberta, Canada
Adult male Black Grouse on lek Picture: ANDY HAY rspb-images
bird NOTES WITH JULIAN HUGHES
The researchers found that in the area where the two manakin species come together, females are attracted to yellow-collared males more than to white-collared males, but only when there are lots of other yellow males within leks.
Close relatives enhance each other's mating success in some male birds
Lesser prairie-chickens use a breeding system in which males display at leks for females.
Vegetative characteristics of active and abandoned leks of lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)in southeastern New Mexico
The results of this study suggest for the first time that variability in spacing of Gryllotalpa major burrows within a lek may be related to specific botanical attributes of the grasslands in which these leks are located.
Grassland botanical structure influences lek spatial organization in Gryllotalpa major S. (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)
The females raise the young alone and while males will return to their father's lek the female insists on finding another lek within 20 miles in search of a mate.
Cash bid to help `fussy' black grouse
(1992) found that the most successful males on black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) leks were less often infected by Leucocytozoon spp.
Endoparasites of northern sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus phasianellus, as related to age and position on the lek
Because vocalizations of males on leks are a reliable indicator of presence of this species, a survey to determine location of active leks would provide valuable insight into current status of populations.
The lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in southeastern New Mexico: a population survey
At one lek site in Russia in 1961, some 200 males were recorded - a figure which represents the largest number of makes ever recorded at one lek.
Rare ritual
In most species, it's the males that crowd into clusters, or leks, to show off for choosy mates, explains Francis M.
Infected butterflies reverse sex roles
In avian and mammalian species, these aggregations would be termed leks. The purpose of this study was to examine the lek-like breeding assemblages that occur in marsh habitats lacking vegetative cover.
AN EVALUATION OF LEKKING IN FIDDLER CRABS (Uca spp.)
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