polygynous mating system

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Mating system where males mate with multiple females while females typically mate with fewer males, resulting in greater variance in male reproductive success

polygynous mating system

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Publications (10)

Sex-specific reproductive strategies in wild yellow-bellied marmots (<i> Marmota flaviventer </i>): senescence and genetic variance in annual reproductive success differ between the sexes

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

Environmental, social, morphological and behavioural constraints on opportunistic multiple paternity

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

No evidence of inbreeding avoidance despite survival costs in a polygynous rodent

Lifetime reproductive success of territorial yellow-bellied marmots

Reproductive strategies of yellow-bellied marmots: energy conservation and differences between the sexes

Related Concepts (10)

reproductive suppression

alternative mating tactics

reproduction ratio

multiple paternity

sexual dimorphism

Hamilton's rule

Reproductive success

Survival-at-birth rates

aestivation

inbreeding avoidance

Frequently Associated Species

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Marmota

Spermophilus

Cynomys

Marmota marmota

prairie dog

Callospermophilus lateralis

Engelmann Spruce

Cynomys ludovicianus

Marmota olympus

A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Biodiversity in marmots