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Male dominance and reproductive success in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica.
American journal of primatology - 1 Dec 2010
Muniz Laura, Perry Susan, Manson Joseph H, Gilkenson Hannah, Gros-Louis Julie, Vigilant Linda
Abstract excerpt
Theory and a growing body of empirical evidence suggest that higher ranking males experience reproductive advantages in group-living mammals. White-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) exhibit an interesting social system for investigating the relationship between dominance and reproductive success (RS) because they live in multimale multifemale social groups, in which the alpha males can have extraordinarily long...
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