Lek Mating Behavior in the Hammer‐headed Bat

By J. Bradbury. 2010

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Calling assemblies of Hypsignathus monstrosus were studied for 17 months in the field to determine if they were “leks” or mating arenas. Direct observations, netting of animals at the assembly sites, and radio-tracking of both ♂♂ and ♀♀ at the assembly sites, foraging grounds, and day roosts were all utilized to make this determination. Captive animals were maintained to establish growth rates. It is concluded that Hypsignathus exhibit lek behavior even by the most conservative definition and share many features with other avian and mammalian lek species.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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1. Colleen Webb
2. C. K. R. Willis
3. Martin Wikelski
4. P. Cryan

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Colleen Webb
2. C. K. R. Willis
3. John A. Byers
4. Martin Wikelski
5. E. Hebets
6. D. Dechmann
7. P. Cryan
8. J. Podos

Citations in the corpus

• A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special? (2013, background): “It is commonly found that the number of pathogens recorded per species is positively correlated with sampling effort, even for well-studied species [26,49,50], indicating that the current estimates of viral richness are probably substantial underestimates.”
• Female mate choice based upon male motor performance (2010, background): “With few exceptions (e.g. Bradbury 1977), male mammals do not possess sexual ornaments analogous to the elongated tail feathers or brightly colored plumage of birds.”
• Mating Behavior as a Possible Cause of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines (2008, background): “Lekking is rare in mammals but Bradbury (1977) clearly documented it in a tropical frugivorous species of bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus; Höglund and Alatalo 1995).”
• 50 years of bat tracking: device attachment and future directions (2014, background): “would expand our ability to study the complex behaviour and biology of these elusive animals and greatly add to the knowledge gained by past tracking and telemetry studies (Davis & Cockrum 1964; Bradbury 1977; Bradbury et al. 1979; Petit & Mayer 1999; Willis & Brigham 2003; Richter & Cumming 2008; A”