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Social organization and the environment: Aspects of contemporary social ethology
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The relations between dominance status, affiliative and kinship relations, social subterfuge and competition-contingent cooperation are discussed in an attempt to outline the dynamics of social change within relatively stable group structures.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1970-05-01. It has received 175 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Human ethology & Social change.read more
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The evolution of social behavior
TL;DR: For several years the study of social behavior has been undergoing a revolution with far-reaching consequences for the social and biological sciences, partly due to growing acceptance of the evidence that the potency of natural selection is overwhelmingly concentrated at levels no higher than that of the individual.
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The Social Organisation of Antelope in Relation To Their Ecology
TL;DR: The paper describes different feeding styles among antelope, in terms of selection of food items and coverage of home ranges, and argues that these feeding styles bear a relationship to maximum group size of feeding animals through the influence of dispersion ofFood items upon group cohesion.
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The behaviour and ecology of wild orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus)
TL;DR: Comparison between several populations revealed an interesting mechanisms for the natural regulation of animal numbers and differences between Bornean and Sumatran orang-utans are discussed in relation to the zoogeography of these two islands.
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The intensity of sexual selection in relation to male sexual behaviour, female choice, and sperm precedence
Michael J. Wade,Stevan J. Arnold +1 more
TL;DR: This paper shows how the intensity of this selection is affected by male sexual behaviour, female choice, sex ratio, and modes of sperm precedence, and shows that the absolute intensity of sexual selection is unaffected by the system of sperm precedent.
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Social relationships among adult female baboons
TL;DR: In this paper, female baboons were studied over a 15-month period which included sexual cycling, pregnancy, and lactation, and it was found that high-ranking females were more attractive than others.
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Animal dispersion in relation to social behaviour
TL;DR: Wynne-Edwards has written this interesting and important book as a sequel to his earlier (1962) Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour, and reviewing it has proven to be a valuable task for one who normally is only at the periphery of the group selection controversy.