Variation in dominance hierarchies among group-living animals: Modeling stability and the likelihood of coalitions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 844-855

  Broom, Mark ^a   Koenig, Andreas ^b   Borries, Carola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age inversed hierarchies; ESS; Evolutionary games; Matrilineal hierarchies; Triads

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DOMINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 67651087227     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp069     Document Type: Article

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