Variation in grouping patterns, mating systems and social structure: what socio-ecological models attempt to explain

A Koenig, CJ Scarry, BC Wheeler… - … Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Socio-ecological models aim to predict the variation in social systems based on a limited
number of ecological parameters. Since the 1960s, the original model has taken two paths …

A guide to the mammals of China

AT Smith, D Lunde, RS Hoffmann, Y Xie - 2010 - torrossa.com
A Guide to the Mammals of China is an outgrowth of the desire of the Biodiversity Working
Group (BWG) of the China Council for International Cooperation in Environment and …

The lost dream of ecological determinism: time to say goodbye?… or a white queen's proposal?

A Koenig, C Borries - … , News, and Reviews: Issues, News, and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The lost dream of ecological determinism: Time to say goodbye? ╦ Or a White Queen's
proposal? Page 1 The Lost Dream of Ecological Determinism: Time to Say Goodbye? ... Or a …

A social network perspective on measurements of dominance hierarchies

D Shizuka, DB McDonald - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
The hierarchical organization of dominance relations among animals has wide-ranging
implications in social evolution. The structure of dominance relations has often been …

Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana

EA Archie, TA Morrison, CAH Foley, CJ Moss… - Animal behaviour, 2006 - Elsevier
Socioecological models of the evolution of female-bonded societies predict a relation
between resource distribution and the nature of female affiliative and dominance …

DomArchive: a century of published dominance data

ED Strauss, AR DeCasien… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dominance behaviours have been collected for many groups of animals since 1922 and
serve as a foundation for research on social behaviour and social structure. Despite a …

Hierarchical steepness and phylogenetic models: phylogenetic signals in Macaca

KN Balasubramaniam, K Dittmar, CM Berman… - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic models of primate social behaviour posit that core social traits are inherent
species characteristics that depend largely on phylogenetic histories of species rather than …

Socioecological influences on the reproductive success of female mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

MM Robbins, AM Robbins, N Gerald-Steklis… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2007 - Springer
Over the past few decades, socioecological models have been developed to explain the
relationships between the ecological conditions, social systems, and reproductive success …

Long-term dominance relationships in female mountain gorillas: strength, stability and determinants of rank

MM Robbins, AM Robbins, N Gerald-Steklis, HD Steklis - Behaviour, 2005 - JSTOR
A common practice in studies of social animals is to rank individuals according to
dominance status, which has been shown to influence access to limited resources and …

Intra-and interindividual differences in the costs and benefits of intergroup aggression in female vervet monkeys

TJM Arseneau-Robar, AL Taucher, AB Schnider… - Animal behaviour, 2017 - Elsevier
In social species, fighting in intergroup conflicts is one of the riskiest cooperative activities
group members engage in, particularly for individuals of the smaller sex. In a number of …