Social organisation
Large group
Mating systems
Individuals pair up and are faithful to their partners, only copulating with one another.
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Individuals pair up but are not completely faithful to their partners and seek out extrapair copulations with other individuals.
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Polygamous and polgynandrousPolygamous individuals have more than one mate thus it can be used as a broad term for polyandrous, polygynous and promiscuous individuals. In polygynandrous populations, males are polygynous and females and polyandrous.
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LekkingA polygamous mating system where congregations of males perform at a lekking site to attract females. Only the best, or most experienced, males win over the hearts of the females.
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