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Why Fun Aunties Matter: A Modest Account

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I offer a child‐centred account of the value of company‐keeping relationships between children and adults. These are relationships enjoyed by a child and an adult who is neither a mere acquaintance nor integrally involved in that child's care or upbringing.
Lesley Jamieson
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Landscape structure and population density affect intraspecific aggression in beavers

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Intraspecific competition plays an important role for territory acquisition and occupancy, in turn affecting individual fitness. Thus, understanding the drivers of intraspecific aggression can increase our understanding of population dynamics.
Martin Mayer, Clàudia Aparicio Estalella, Steve K. Windels, Frank N. Rosell   +3 more
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“Monogamy” in Primates: Variability, Trends, and Synthesis: Introduction to special issue on Primate Monogamy

, 2016
This paper is the introduction to a special issue on "'Monogamy' in Primates: Variability, Trends, and Synthesis." The term "monogamy" has undergone redefinition over the years, and is now generally understood to refer to certain social characteristics ...
Bales, Karen L, Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L
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Correlates of genetic monogamy in socially monogamous mammals: insights from Azara's owl monkeys [PDF]

, 2014
Understanding the evolution of mating systems, a central topic in evolutionary biology for more than 50 years, requires examining the genetic consequences of mating and the relationships between social systems and mating systems.
Fernandez Duque, Eduardo, Huck, Maren, Fernandez-Duque, E., Schurr, Theodore G., Schurr, T., Fernández-Duque, Eduardo, Babb, Paul, Schurr, Theodore, Huck, M., Babb, P.   +9 more
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
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Conserved transcriptomic profiles underpin monogamy across vertebrates [PDF]

, 2019
Social monogamy, typically characterized by the formation of a pair bond, increased territorial defense, and often biparental care, has independently evolved multiple times in animals.
Summers, Kyle, Orr, Veronica N., Ockendon-Powell, Nina F, Pogány, Ákos, Phelps, Steven M, O'Connell, Lauren A, Ockendon-Powell, Nina F., Trainor, Brian, Orr, Veronica, Ockendon-Powel, Nina, Urrutia, Araxi O, Ferkin, Michael H., Székely, Tamás, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne, Hofmann, Hans, Ferkin, Michael, O'Connell, Lauren, Urrutia, Araxi O., Zachar, Gergely, O’Connell, Lauren A., Urrutia, Araxi, Hofmann, Hans A, Trainor, Brian C, Trainor, Brian C., Hofmann, Hans A., Phelps, Steven M., Ferkin, Michael H, Young, Rebecca L, Young, Rebecca L., Orr, Veronica N, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L, Phelps, Steven, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., Young, Rebecca   +33 more
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Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Borgný Katrínardóttir, Bruce J. McAdam   +2 more
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Does Monogamy Harm Women? Deconstructing Monogamy with a Feminist Lens

, 2014
In this paper, we utilize a critical feminist lens to analyze the advantages and disadvantages found within two different romantic relationship configurations: monogamy and polyamory. While visibility of polyamorous
Conley, Terri D., Matsick, Jes L., Moors, Amy C., Rubin, Jennifer D., Ziegler, Ali   +4 more
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Margins or mainstream: a cross-sectional study on consensual and non-consensual non-monogamy in the general Belgian adult population

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Non-monogamy refers to a type of relationship wherein sexual and/or romantic exclusivity is not upheld. While scientific research has been increasingly focusing on the prevalence of non-monogamy in Western societies, studies typically suffer from ...
M. Van Den Noortgate, V. Coppens, E. Wuyts, W. Huys, A. Schuerwegen, K. Goethals, S. Coenen, M. Morrens   +7 more
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Beyond abundance: the impact of sampling design on effective population size estimates in capercaillie

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Effective population size (Ne) is a useful parameter to evaluate the long‐term viability of populations. While obtaining enough field data from wild populations to estimate Ne directly is challenging, molecular techniques applied to non‐invasive samples provide an appealing alternative.
María‐José Bañuelos, Mario Quevedo
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