Female dominance over males in primates: self-organisation and sexual dimorphism.

The processes that underlie the formation of the dominance hierarchy in a group are since long under debate. Models of self-organisation suggest that dominance hierarchies develop by the self-reinforcing effects of winning and losing fights (the so-called winner-loser effect), but according to '...

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Main Authors: Charlotte K Hemelrijk, Jan Wantia, Karin Isler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2441829?pdf=render