More than half a century has now elapsed since coalition or alliance formation theory (CAFT) was first developed. During that time, researchers have amassed a vast amount of …
Primates live in complex social systems with social structures ranging from more to less despotic. In less despotic species, dominance might impose fewer constraints on social …
KN Balasubramaniam, CM Berman… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In nonhuman primate social groups, dominance ranks are usually assigned to individuals based on outcomes of dyadic agonistic encounters. Multiple approaches have been used …
Many social animals have a species-specific repertoire of affiliative behaviours that characterise individualised relationships within a group. To date, however, quantitative …
A De Marco, A Sanna, R Cozzolino… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Males living in multi‐male groups are both strong rivals and potential allies. In several primate species they regularly interact through ritualized exchanges known as greetings. We …
F Amici, A Widdig, L von Fersen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Non-human primates show an impressive behavioral diversity, both across and within species. However, the factors explaining intra-specific behavioral variation across groups …
Researchers are increasingly documenting the existence of social tolerance and affiliative behavior among primate males, including in male-dispersing species. We investigated the …
It is predicted that asymmetries in competitiveness (or resource holding potential (RHP)) would determine the outcomes of animal contests, but it has been difficult to estimate RHP in …