Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success.
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The typical primate dominance system (alpha male achieving position by defeating lower-ranking males, dominating females, higher fitness) is found in chimpanzees, gorillas, savanna baboons, and most other primates living in multi-female, multi-male groups.
“This system is found in chimpanzees (Wroblewski et al., 2009), gorillas (Gorilla spp.) (Nsubuga et al., 2008; Breuer et al., 2012), savanna baboons (Papio spp.) (Alberts et al., 2006; Baniel et al., 2017), and most other primates living in multi-female, multi-male groups.”
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- Authors
- Alberts, S. C., Buchan, J. C., & Altmann, J.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alberts, Susan C.
- ORCID
- Alberts, Susan C.
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-11
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1177-1196
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2159651087
- Cited by
- 250
- References
- 85
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- FWCI
- 12.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Duke University
- National Science Foundation (IOB-0322781, IOB-0322613, BCS-0323553, BCS-0323596)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- sexual selection, Papio cynocephalus, paternity success, mating success, male dominance rank, sperm competition, sperm selection, sperm depletion, mate choice, male density, ranking stability, Amboseli
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