Breeding alters females’ social positions by changing dominance dynamics
Tobit Dehnen,
Brendah Nyaguthii,
Wismer Cherono
et al.
Abstract:Agonistic and affiliative interactions with group members dictate individuals' access to resources, and investment in competing for resources is often traded off with other needs. For example, reproductive investment can reduce body condition and, thereby, an individual's ability to win future agonistic interactions. However, group members may also alter their behaviour towards reproductive individuals, such as becoming more or less aggressive. Here, we investigated the social consequences of reproduction in f… Show more
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