Coalitions in theory and reality: a review of pertinent variables and processes

A Bissonnette, S Perry, L Barrett, JC Mitani, M Flinn… - Behaviour, 2015 - brill.com
Coalitions and alliances are ubiquitous in humans and many other mammals, being part of
the fabric of complex social systems. Field biologists and ethologists have accumulated a …

Models of coalition or alliance formation

M Mesterton-Gibbons, S Gavrilets, J Gravner… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2011 - Elsevier
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 …

Dominance style only partially predicts differences in neophobia and social tolerance over food in four macaque species

F Amici, A Widdig, AJJ MacIntosh, VB Francés… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

Consistency of dominance rank order: a comparison of David's scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods in macaques

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Head rubbing and licking reinforce social bonds in a group of captive African lions, Panthera leo

T Matoba, N Kutsukake, T Hasegawa - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many social animals have a species-specific repertoire of affiliative behaviours that
characterise individualised relationships within a group. To date, however, quantitative …

[PDF][PDF] Collective decision-making in aquatic mammals

E Zwamborn, N Boon, H Whitehead - Mammal Review, 2023 - researchgate.net
Collective decision‐making in aquatic mammals Page 1 Mammal Review ISSN 0305-1838 1
REVIEW Collective decision- making in aquatic mammals Elizabeth ZWAMBORN* Dalhousie …

The function of greetings in male Tonkean macaques

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 …

Intra-specific Variation in the Social Behavior of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

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 …

Socially tolerant relationships among wild male moor macaques (Macaca maura)

EP Riley, C Sagnotti, M Carosi, NP Oka - Behaviour, 2014 - brill.com
Researchers are increasingly documenting the existence of social tolerance and affiliative
behavior among primate males, including in male-dispersing species. We investigated the …

Bayesian competitiveness estimation predicts dominance turnover among wild male chimpanzees

M Hasegawa, N Kutsukake - Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2015 - Springer
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 …