Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "dominance"
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Female Competition over Core Areas in Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii, Kibale National Park, Uganda
(Springer Verlag, 2008)Aggression is rare among wild female chimpanzees. However, in the Kanyawara chimpanzee community in Kibale National Park, Uganda, stable use of food-rich core areas is linked to increased reproductive success, suggesting ... -
Immigration Costs for Female Chimpanzees and Male Protection as an Immigrant Counterstrategy to Intrasexual Aggression
(Elsevier, 2008)In chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, females transfer from their natal group shortly after sexual maturity to permanently join another group. A conflict of interest exists between female and male residents over the immigration ... -
Social status, masculinity, and testosterone in young men
(Elsevier BV, 2011)Among other things, sexual selection theory posits that in species with limited male parental investment, males should evolve biological mechanisms to competitively dominate or otherwise compete with one another. It is ... -
The Space between Us and Them: Perceptions of Status Differences
(SAGE Publications, 2009)The current study examines perceived status differences among ethnic groups. Consistent with a group dominance perspective, three samples of American university students revealed that perceived ethnic status differences ...