The island of female power? Intersexual dominance relationships in the lemurs of Madagascar

PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, U Radespiel - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The extant primates of Madagascar (Lemuriformes) represent the endpoints of an adaptive
radiation following a single colonization event more than 50 million years ago. They have …

Female power: a new framework for understanding “female dominance” in lemurs

RJ Lewis - Folia Primatologica, 2019 - brill.com
Female dominance is often associated with lemurs. However, consensus does not exist
among primatologists on how to define, measure, or explain female dominance. This review …

Dynamics of intersexual dominance and adult sex-ratio in wild vervet monkeys

CK Hemelrijk, M Wubs, G Gort, J Botting… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intersexual dominance relations are important for female mammals, because of their
consequences for accessing food and for the degree of sexual control females experience …

Sex differences in the steepness of dominance hierarchies in captive bonobo groups

JMG Stevens, H Vervaecke, H De Vries… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Bonobos have a reputation as a female-dominated and egalitarian species. We examined
the 2 aspects of dominance in 6 captive bonobo groups. Females do not consistently evoke …

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

CK Hemelrijk, J Wantia, K Isler - PLoS One, 2008 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Female rule in lemurs is ancestral and hormonally mediated

JMA Petty, CM Drea - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Female social dominance (FSD) over males is unusual in mammals, yet characterizes most
Malagasy lemurs, which represent almost 30% of all primates. Despite its prevalence in this …

Cathemerality in a small, folivorous primate: proximate control of diel activity in Hapalemur meridionalis

TM Eppley, JU Ganzhorn, G Donati - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2015 - Springer
A non-adherence to a strict diurnal or nocturnal activity cycle is prevalent among mammals,
including taxa of Lemuridae, but rare among other primates. While non-mutually exclusive …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the Impact of Synthesised Scent Enrichment on Behavioural and Endocrine Responses in Captive Alaotran Gentle Lemurs (Hapalemur alaotrensis …

AB Costantini, G Glendewar, S Fontani… - Journal of Zoological and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis) is one of the world's most endangered
primates and shows low success rates in captive breeding programmes. This study tested …

[PDF][PDF] Battle of the sexes: cost asymmetry explains female dominance in lemurs

AE Dunham - Animal Behaviour, 2008 - academia.edu
Female dominance over males is a rare trait among mammalian social systems and within
primates (Ralls 1976; Kappeler 1993), but is the norm among lemurs of Madagascar …

Lake Alaotra wetlands: how long can Madagascar's most important rice and fish production region withstand the anthropogenic pressure?

PL Lammers, T Richter, PO Waeber… - Madagascar …, 2015 - ajol.info
The Alaotra wetlands represent the biggest lake and wetland complex in Madagascar and
are home of several endemic species. The region constitutes the largest rice production …