The Alpha Female: Observations on Captive Pigtail Monkeys
作者:
Harold Gouzoules,
期刊:
Folia Primatologica
(Karger Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 33,
issue 1-2
页码: 46-56
ISSN:0015-5713
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1159/000155927
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Alpha female;Pigtail monkeys;Macaca nemestrina;Independent status;Male influence
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
In an 11-month study, data on the establishment of dominance and grooming relations were collected over a 3-month period on an all-female pigtail monkey group. Subsequently, 3 adult males were introduced singly to the females and remained in the group for 1 month each. Data on social relations were collected to examine stability among female relationships with and without males present, and the dependence of female dominance on male support. The results revealed: (1) males were accepted into the group and attained dominance; (2) reciprocal affinitive relationships were established between each of the males and the alpha female, and (3) the alpha female’s dominance status was independent of male preference for another femal
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