Females of the lekking great snipe do not prefer males with whiter tails
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A study considers the relationship between white on tails and mating success in great snipe for several leks through 10 mating seasons. The mating decisions of individual females with regard to the amount of white on the tails of males are also examined. The results show now preference by female great snips to males with whiter tails, concluding that there is no evidence of sexual selection.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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Mate sampling and copulation behaviour of great snipe females
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Mate sampling and copulation in great snipe females, Gallinago media, show that mate choice involves long time periods. Females frequently return to previously visited males for copulation, which can be explained by a best-of-N-males comparison. Copulation by females is greater with successful males and is also marked in the presence of other females in the male territory. Copulation occurs more than once for ensuring fertility or due to competition between females for preferred males.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Do female great snipe copy each other's mate choice?
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Female great snipe do not copy mate choices of other females while assessing the quality of individual males. A comparison of the observed and simulated female mating in groups reveals no major differences in mating behavior and copiers are restricted to less than 0.2%. Group mating by females neither increases with rise in female mating nor towards the end of the breeding season. Group matings in relation to mating skew are inconsistent. The correlations for copulations as matings agree with the null hypothesis but are insignificant.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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