-
woman from
another tribe who
would also have many husbands; this double-
polyandrous union serves to form a
marital alliance between tribes.
Other classifications:...
- The
northern jacana, a
polyandrous species....
- and many
systems where there is an
alpha male). A
common example of
polyandrous mating can be
found in the
field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) of the...
- or more
other persons." In an
analysis of
marriage among the Nayar, a
polyandrous society in India,
Gough found that the
group lacked a
husband role in...
- quail-plover is
thought to be monogamous,
Turnix buttonquails are
sequentially polyandrous; both ****es
cooperate in
building a nest in the earth, but
normally only...
-
systems that are
polygynous (one male with many females) or, rarely,
polyandrous (one
female with many males).
Birds produce offspring by
laying eggs...
- of an
extreme male-biased
adult ****
ratio in a
natural po****tion of
polyandrous bird".
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology. 24 (8): 1842–1846. doi:10.1111/j...
- case. The
dunnock possesses variable mating systems.
Females are
often polyandrous,
breeding with two or more
males at once,
which is
quite rare
among birds...
-
larger and more
brightly coloured than the male. The
female is
normally polyandrous with the
males incubating the eggs and
caring for the young. The greater...
- [citation needed] As
elucidated further below, the
primary reason for
polyandrous marriage among Tibetans appears to be economic: to
prevent land, herds...
