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Female Choice of Least Costly Males; a Possible Factor in the Evolution of Leks
Author(s) -
WRANGHAM RICHARD W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1980.tb01252.x
Subject(s) - lek mating , mate choice , preference , reproductive success , demography , biology , psychology , mating , zoology , population , sociology , economics , microeconomics
It is proposed that leks have evolved because females benefit by the absence of breeding males from female ranges. Non‐lekking males impose several kinds of cost on female reproductive success. Under certain conditions female preference for least costly males can therefore favour males who wait, rather than search, for females.