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Flashcards by cjangeles, created more than 1 year ago

Ecology101 Flashcards on Mating Systems, created by cjangeles on 02/07/2014.

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Mating Systems

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Promiscuity

Monogamy

Polygamy

Polygyny

Resource Polygyny

Female Defense Polygyny

Lek

Polyandry

Resource Defense Polyandry

Sexual Selection

Two Components:

Courtship

Functions:

Sexual Dimorphism
in
polygyny
polyandry
promiscuity

Parental Care

polygyny
monogamy

Environmental Potential for Polygamy

Case Study Redwing Blackbirds in Marshes

Case Study of two Dragonfly species

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