Considerable interspecific variation in female social relationships occurs in gregarious
primates, particularly with regard to agonism and cooperation between females and to the …

Ornaments, weapons and aggressive behaviours may evolve in female animals by mate
choice and intrasexual competition for mating opportunities—the standard forms of sexual …

Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

In spite of recent interest in sexual selection in females, debate exists over whether traits that
influence female–female competition are sexually selected. This review uses female–female …

We argue that grooming is a commodity that female primates can trade, either for itself or in
exchange for other services (sensu biological markets theory) and that the decision to do …

Current socioecological models suggest that the structure of female-bonded primate groups
is predicated on the need for coalitionary support in competitive interactions. Social …

Demographic changes were recorded throughout a 12-year period for three social groups of
Macaca fascicularis in a natural population at Ketambe (Sumatra, Indonesia). We examined …

Several models have been proposed to explain the variation that exists in female social
relationships among diurnal primate species. While there are similarities among them …

We present results of a 10-year study of free-ranging gray-footed chacma baboons (Papio
ursinus griseipes) in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. The majority of deaths among adult …

Although competition between females is one of the cornerstones of the theory of natural
selection, most studies of reproductive competition have focussed principally on mating …