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Females Move in Tight Crowds, Males Roam: Socioecology and Movement Ecology of Mandrills
Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) have a unique social system for primates, with huge groups of hundreds of individuals and males moving in and out of...
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Socioecology
This chapter shows the importance and need of a socioecological approach in different disciplines to generate new knowledge of the nature-society...
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Socioecology Explains Individual Variation in Urban Space Use in Response to Management in Cape Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus)
The presence of wildlife adjacent to and within urban spaces is a growing phenomenon globally. When wildlife’s presence in urban spaces has negative...
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Lethal dog attacks on adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in an anthropogenic landscape
For nonhuman primates living in anthropogenic areas, predation by larger predators is relatively rare. However, smaller predators, such as...
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Sociosexual Behavior of Nocturnally Foraging Dusky and Spinner Dolphins
Dusky and spinner dolphins are small-bodied odontocetes that show variation in socioecology across their range. New Zealand dusky dolphins and...
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Socioecology of a high-density brown hyaena population within an enclosed reserve
Understanding the spatial ecology of wildlife is an essential prerequisite for making informed management decisions and is of particular importance...
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Female behavior drives the formation of distinct social structures in C57BL/6J versus wild-derived outbred mice in field enclosures
BackgroundSocial behavior and social organization have major influences on individual health and fitness. Yet, biomedical research focuses on...
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Population dynamics and ranging behaviours of provisioned silvered langur (Trachypithecus cristatus) in Peninsular Malaysia
Tourists are attracted to the Bukit Melawati Kuala Selangor (BMKS) of Peninsular Malaysia, a small hill park, for both its status as a historical...
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Craniodental Sexual Dimorphism Among Hylobatids
Sexual dimorphism has been widely documented in primates, however craniodental sexual dimorphism among hylobatids has not been well researched. In...
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Macaque species with varying social tolerance show no differences in understanding what other agents perceive
A growing body of work demonstrates that a species’ socioecology can impact its cognitive abilities. Indeed, even closely related species with...
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Monkey business: A girl’s once strange dream
For close to 50 years, my research has focused on social relationships and social structure, particularly in macaques, and has been marked by a...
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A new classification of mammalian uni-male multi-female groups based on the fundamental principles governing inter- and intrasexual relationships
Polygyny is the most common mating system in mammals, and many species form uni-male multi-female groups (UM-MF units). Polygynous systems are...
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Flexibility in the Diet and Feeding Ecology of Nocturnal and Cathemeral Aotus
Current evidence indicates that owl monkeys (Aotus spp.) have species-rich, flexible diets. They can switch resources seasonally, consume ephemeral...
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Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees
Mechanisms of inheritance remain poorly defined for many fitness-mediating traits, especially in long-lived animals with protracted development....
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Progressive Efforts in the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Uganda
Worldwide, water is essential in creating the environment and human life. Uganda’s Vision 2040 promises general use and safe access to drinking water...
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Microbial communities have essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. Microbes participate in nutrient cycles, remove huge quantities of...
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Communication Network Reflects Social Instability in a Wild Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) Population
Long-range signaling, such as acoustic communication, is best understood within the broader context of all potential receivers. Exactly what kind of...
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