Considerable interspecific variation in female social relationships occurs in gregarious
primates, particularly with regard to agonism and cooperation between females and to the …

Sex‐biased dispersal is an almost ubiquitous feature of mammalian life history, but the
evolutionary causes behind these patterns still require much clarification. A quarter of a …

We review evolutionary processes and mechanisms that gave rise to the diversity of primate
social systems. We define social organization, social structure and mating system as distinct …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Via the current model on the evolutionary ecology of female social relationships, Sterck et
al.(1997) argue that ecological conditions determine how competition over food resources …

I analyse and summarize the empirical evidence in mammals supporting alternative benefits
that individuals may accrue when committing nonparental infanticide. Nonparental …

Although human activities are known to affect the social behaviour of group-living animals,
the resilience of animals' social structure to disturbance is poorly understood. In the 1990s …

This paper presents data on the dispersal patterns and reproductive success of western
lowland gorilla females from a long-term study at Mbeli Bai in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National …

Predictions of ecological models on female social relationships (van Schaik 1989) and their
links with food distribution and the potential competitive regime are used to analyze the …

Non‐human primates are coming into increasingly frequent contact with humans and with
human‐modified environments. The potential for monkeys to survive in such modified …