Evolution of ungulate mating systems: Integrating social and environmental factors

Abstract Ungulates exhibit diverse mating systems that range from monogamous pair territories to highly polygynous leks. We review mating systems and behaviors across ungulates and offer a new approach synthesizing how interacting factors may shape those mating systems. Variability exists in mating...

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Main Authors: R. Terry Bowyer, Dale R. McCullough, Janet L. Rachlow, Simone Ciuti, Jericho C. Whiting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6246