Hotshots, hot spots, and female preference: exploring lek formation models with a bower-building cichlid fish

In many animals, males congregate in leks that females visit for the sole purpose of mating. We observed male and female behavior on 3 different-sized leks of the bower-building cichlid fish Nyassachromis cf. microcephalus to test predictions of 3 prominent lek models: the “hotshot,” “hot spot,” and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2009-05, Vol.20 (3), p.609-615
Hauptverfasser:	Young, Kyle A., Genner, Martin J., Joyce, Domino A., Haesler, Marcel P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	bowers Cichlidae cichlids direct mate choice Freshwater indirect mate choice lek formation models
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