Mate choice in lekking sage grouse revisited: the roles of vocal display, female site fidelity and copying
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In lekking sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), females exhibit relatively unanimous mate choice for particular males, but a satisfactory explanation for this unanimity has been elusive. We present analyses of mating distributions from two leks over 4 years that provide evidence for female choice based on differences in vocal display performance of males, the locations at which hens mated in the previous year, and the choices of other females (copying). The unanimity of female choice varied markedly among leks and years in correlation with changes in the mean numbers of hens that mated at the same time and hence the opportunity to copy. The results confirm that hens assess phenotypic traits of males directly but also indicate that the secondary tactics of site fidelity and copying are often important components of female choice. The occurrence of these secondary tactics has three implications: the variance in mating success among lek males will be a poor predictor of the intensity of sexual selection on specific traits; female preferences may generate more clustered dispersions of displaying males than predicted by hotspot settlement models; and direct assessment of males by females may be difficult or costly, a conclusion that supports adaptive models of sexual selection over a nonadaptive Fisherian process. [Behav Ecol 1991;2:165–180]
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Investigations of female sage grouse mate-choice have identified a number of spectral and temporal aspects of the strut display that are correlated with mating success.
“Investigations of female sage grouse mate-choice have identified a number of spectral and temporal aspects of the strut display that are correlated with mating success (Gibson, 1996; Gibson and Bradbury, 1985; Gibson et al., 1991).”
From Directional acoustic radiation in the strut display of male sage grouse <i>Centrocercus urophasianus</i> (1999) · cites this paper as Gibson et al., 1991
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- Authors
- Gibson, R. M., Bradbury, J. W., & Vehrencamp, S. L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Venue
- Behavioral Ecology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1991
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 165-180
- ISSN
- 1045-2249 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-7279
- OpenAlex
- W1974433848
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 11.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral Ecology (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln (University of Nebraska) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Keywords
- sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, lek mating system, female mate choice, vocal display, copying behavior, mating success, sexual selection, phenotypic characterization
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