A mating system is a way in which a group is structured in relation to sexual behaviour. The precise meaning depends upon the context. With respect to...

progeny (see mating systems). For animals, mating strategies include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool. In some...

increases the frequency of mating among distantly related individuals, and is achieved mainly by dispersal during the mating season. Such a strategy is...

copulating with females. The variation in mating success is quite large in lek mating systems with 70–80% of matings being attributed to only 10–20% of the...

which may include self-fertilization Mixed-mating model – A mathematical model representing mating systems in plants This disambiguation page lists articles...

mating is used. Mixed mating usually refers to the production of a mixture of self-fertilized (selfed) and outbred (outcrossed) seeds. Plant mating systems...

Disassortative mating (also known as negative assortative mating or heterogamy) is a mating pattern in which individuals with dissimilar phenotypes mate with one...

mating systems. Females are often polyandrous, breeding with two or more males at once, which is quite rare among birds. This multiple mating system leads...

M. (1997). "Variation in mating system among birds: ecological basis revealed by hierarchical comparative analysis of mate desertion". Proceedings of...

give rise to the next generation. Mating in fungi is a complex process governed by mating types. Research on fungal mating has focused on several model species...

individuals (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar individuals (negative assortative mating) to mate.[2] Hence, potential mates have an equal chance of being...

mating territories in which the females’ only purpose for visiting these territories is for copulation. Variation within European fallow deer mating systems...

wife') is a mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a single male. Systems where several...

is reproductively motivated, it is often termed mating or copulation; for most non-human mammals, mating and copulation occur at oestrus (the most fertile...

average, mate with three to four males during a mating season and mating males have more variation, mating with one to eight females during a mating season...

compete, but not large enough to risk other males trying to mate with them. During the mating season female anacondas release pheromones to attract males...

individuals to keep track of one another in the vast Arctic wilderness. The mating system of bears has variously been described as a form of polygyny, promiscuity...

would be 9 mating types, each of which can mate with 4 other mating types. By multiplicative combination, it generates a vast number of mating types. As...

with their polygynous mating system. In a parasitic system, females lay eggs in a different species' nests, and in a polygynous system a female of the same...

is a drawback to this emergence system. For biological reasons, overall male mating frequency decreases as the mating season goes on. Therefore, early...

2014). "Polyandrous mating in treetops: how male competition and female choice interact to determine an unusual carnivore mating system". Behavioral Ecology...

alternative mating strategy is a strategy used by male or female animals, often with distinct phenotypes, that differs from the prevailing mating strategy...

Mating plugs are used by many species, including several primates, kangaroos, bees, reptiles, rodents, scorpions, bats, and spiders. Use of a mating plug...

them to return regularly to roosts and mating sites. A common problem among all butterflies is to avoid mating with other butterfly species. Mistakes...

sap and rotten fruits. Aglais io employs a monogamous mating system, which means that they only mate with one partner for a period of time.[citation needed]...

The check-mate system was a system of ship identification used by the Allies of World War II. It was used by the Royal Navy when on patrol looking for...

defend mating access to females. Polygamy, or a polygamous mating system, is when both males and females mate with two or more partners. In this mating system...

Tobago. In this mating system, female guppies prefer to mate with males with more orange body-coloration. However, outside of a mating context, both sexes...

female has already mated or not. This species primarily mates via the lek system, in which there are aggregations of males on small mating territories. When...

a class of mating system where one female mates with several males in a breeding season. Polyandry is often compared to the polygyny system based on the...