The evolution of leks--clusters of small territories where males
congregate and display in order to attract mates--is of central
issue in behavioral ecology, because of the insights it offers into
female mate choice, sexual selection, and the evolution of mating
systems. In the first book on the subject, Jacob HA
glund and Rauno Alatalo draw together existing knowledge on two
main aspects of lekking. Why do leks evolve in some species and not
in others? Why do females of certain lekking species select their
mates even though such behavior reaps few or no material benefits
for them? In each case they emphasize the importance of
understanding the selective forces that act on individuals in
natural populations.
HA
glund and Alatalo synthesize the available information on
lekking in all animal groups and suggest new areas of research.
Originally published in 1995.
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