Listen "Leks (Evolution & Benefits For Birds)"
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I hope you lek the episode...Follow me on instagram: matt.rossellaSupport my dream of making the podcast a part-time job at patreon.com/blurbs439References:Alonso, J. C., Alvarez-Martinez, J. M., & Palacin, C. (2012). Leks in ground-displaying birds: hotspots or safe places?. Behavioral Ecology, 23(3), 491-501.Foster, M. S. (2021). Male Aggregation in Dwarf Tyrant-Manakins and What It Tells Us about the Origin of Leks. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(4), 1310-1318.Isvaran, K. (2021). Lek territory size and the evolution of leks: a model and a test using an ungulate with a flexible mating system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 539061.Kempenaers, B. (2022). Mating systems in birds. Current Biology, 32(20), R1115-R1121.Macedo, R. H., Podos, J., Graves, J. A., & Manica, L. T. (2018). Breeding clusters in birds: ecological selective contexts, mating systems and the role of extrapair fertilizations. Animal Behaviour, 143, 145-154.Miles, M. C., & Fuxjager, M. J. (2018). Synergistic selection regimens drive the evolution of display complexity in birds of paradise. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(4), 1149-1159.Ryder, T. B., & Sillett, T. S. (2016). Climate, demography and lek stability in an Amazonian bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 20152314.Thery, M. (1992). The evolution of leks through female choice: differential clustering and space utilization in six sympatric manakins. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 30, 227-237.Turner, J. R. (2015). The flexible lek: Phymatopus hecta the gold swift demonstrates the evolution of leking and male swarming via a hotspot (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 114(1), 184-201.Support the show
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