EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF COPYING AND MATE CHOICE IN FALLOW DEER (DAMA-DAMA)
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF COPYING AND MATE CHOICE IN FALLOW DEER (DAMA-DAMA)
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DOI：
10.1093/beheco/4.3.191
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发表时间：
1993-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
MCCOMB, K
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作者：
CLUTTONBROCK, T;MCCOMB, K
在休闲鹿（Dama dama），以及在其他lek繁殖的有蹄类动物中，到达lek的接受雌性通常会加入保卫大型后宫的雄性。这种倾向增强了雄性之间后宫规模和交配成功率的差异。这可能是因为女性独立地移动到相同的男性，因为女性被吸引到男性与女性，或者因为女性相互吸引。使用对照实验与发情期的女性休闲鹿，我们表明，虽然女性更吸引男性与后宫比那些没有，他们经常吸引女性群体没有一个男性的女性群体与男性。我们的结论是，雌性休闲鹿加入leks相互吸引，并复制对方的动作。到目前为止，还没有确凿的证据表明，在休闲鹿或其他lek繁殖有蹄类动物，女性复制对方的交配伙伴的选择。
In fallow deer (Dama dama), as well as in other lek-breeding ungulates, receptive females arriving at leks commonly join males that are defending large harems. This tendency enhances differences in harem size and mating success between males. It could occur because females independently move to the same males, because females are attracted to males with females, or because females are attracted to each other. Using controlled experiments with estrous female fallow deer, we show that, although females are more attracted to males with harems than to those without, they are as frequently attracted to groups of females without a male as to female groups with males. We conclude that female fallow deer joining leks are attracted to each other and copy each other's movements. As yet, there is no firm evidence in fallow deer or in other lek-breeding ungulates that females copy each other's choice of mating partners.