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Premating behavioral tactics of Columbian ground squirrels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In polygynous and polygynandrous mating systems males possess a variety of behavioral tactics that increase their access to reproductive females. In addition to overt combat or defending resources that attract mates, males use premating tactics that ...
Coltman, David W.   +4 more
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Trading or coercion? Variation in male mating strategies between two communities of East African chimpanzees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Across taxa, males employ a variety of mating strategies, including sexual coercion and the provision, or trading, of resources. Biological Market theory (BMT) predicts that trading of commodities for mating opportunities should exist only when males ...
A Matsumoto-Oda   +110 more
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Pre- and Postconflict Interactions Between Female Japanese Macaques During Homosexual Consortships

open access: yesInternational Journal of Comparative Psychology, 2004
In this paper, I examine whether homosexual behavior in female Japanese macaques functions to reconcile conflicts following the outbreak of aggression. Contrary to the predictions of the reconciliation hypothesis, homosexual interactions between female Japanese macaques did not peak during postconflict periods, as compared to matched control periods ...
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Copulation patterns in captive hamadryas baboons: a quantitative analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
For primates, as for many other vertebrates, copulation which results in ejaculation is a prerequisite for reproduction. The probability of ejaculation is affected by various physiological and social factors, for example reproductive state of male and ...
Daniel Stahl   +3 more
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Female behavioral strategies during consortship in Tibetan macaques (\u3ci\u3eMacaca thibetana\u3c/i\u3e) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Consortship has been defined as a temporary association between an adult male and an estrous/receptive female. It has been considered as male mating strategies to improve male mating success and potential reproductive success.
Li, Jin-Hua   +3 more
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Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background It is widely held that in toothed whales, high frequency tonal sounds called \u27whistles\u27 evolved in association with \u27sociality\u27 because in delphinids they are used in a social context.
Laura J May-Collado   +2 more
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Evolution of Multilevel Social Systems in Nonhuman Primates and Humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Multilevel (or modular) societies are a distinct type of primate social system whose key features are single-male-multifemale, core units nested within larger social bands. They are not equivalent to fission-fusion societies, with the latter referring to
Chapais, Bernard   +2 more
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Assessment of female reproductive status by male longtailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis, under natural conditions [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent theories on primate sexual selection have paid increasing attention to the importance of reproductive strategies of females living in multimale groups.
Alberts   +44 more
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Communication range predicts dolphin alliance size in a cooperative mating system [PDF]

open access: yes
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Allen, Simon J.   +6 more
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The Evolution of Primate Societies - Chapter 3 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Compared with other primates, New World monkeys display relatively limited ecological variability. New World monkey anatomy and social systems, however, are extremely diverse.
Di Fiore, Anthony   +2 more
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