Dominance and feeding success in female Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata: effects of food patch size and inter-patch distance
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Wild female Japanese macaques show within-group feeding contests for seeds of Zelkova serrata, their main winter food. Rank-related differences in feeding behavior increase when the Zelkova patches are small as compared to the area of group dispersion. There is an overall rank-related difference in feeding success as the low-ranking females avoid the small Zelkova patches in favor of inferior food. Smaller, isolated Zelkova patches contain more neighbors and high-ranking females. Submissive behavior of low-ranking females increases when the density of neighbors increase.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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Moving up the dominance hierarchy in young sooty mangabeys
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Juvenile sooty mangabeys employ a number of strategies to elevate themselves in the dominance hierarchy without aid from any matrilineal kin, a rare phenomenon amongst primates. A study of 12 mangabeys ages 2-5 years reveled four means of achieving a higher dominance rank. These are: direct challenges to higher-ranked males, joining aggressors to challenge other males, adopt the support of a higher male by challenging another higher-ranked male in his presence, and enlisting the support of males not necessarily higher ranked in the challengee of a high-ranking male.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Effects of size and morphotype on dominance hierarchies and resource competition in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
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The effects of size and morphotype on dominance hierarchies and resource competition was studied in the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Orange-clawed males were consistently dominated by Blue clawed males irrespective of size. The claw size was most reliable in predicting relative fighting ability. Dominant large blue-clawed males also had priority over food and shelter but did not have the same advantage with receptive females.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1992
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