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The role of kinship and demography in shaping cooperation amongst male lions.
Scientific reports - 16 Oct 2020
Chakrabarti Stotra, Kolipakam Vishnupriya, Bump Joseph K, Jhala Yadvendradev V
Abstract excerpt
The influence of kinship on animal cooperation is often unclear. Cooperating Asiatic lion coalitions are linearly hierarchical; male partners appropriate resources disproportionately. To investigate how kinship affect coalitionary dynamics, we combined microsatellite based genetic inferences with long-term genealogical records to measure relatedness between coalition partners of free-ranging lions in Gir, India....
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