Mate guarding
id:
mate-guarding-178-8141078
title:
Mate guarding
text:
Mate guarding is a reproductive behaviour, primarily of males, in an attempt to increase the likelihood of success of their own sperm fertilizing the eggs of females when competition is involved. Mate guarding behaviour can be pre- or post-copulatory. Studies on the behaviour both based on theory and through experiments have been conducted on a wide range of species. Mate guarding also occurs in humans. In organisms where polygamy is dominant such as in most mammals, birds, and insects, there is
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_guarding
date created:
2007-08-29T23:26:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T16:09:12Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q29793067","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29793067"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Voo_nupcial_detail.jpg","width":1011,"height":2000}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15