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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Female dominance"”.
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Role of Provisions and Season on Foraging and Female Dominance Behavior in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur Catta) on St. Catherine's Island
… in matriarchal groups composed of a dominant female, adult males, subadult males and females, and young. Due to their dominance, it has been suggested that female ringtailed lemurs have access to the highest quality resources and can monopolize food patches. Lemurs on St. Catherine's are free …
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Understanding female social dominance: comparative behavioral endocrinology in the Genus Eulemur
<p>Female social dominance over males is unusual in mammals, yet characterizes most Malagasy lemurs, which represent almost 30% of all primates. Despite its prevalence in this suborder, both the evolutionary trajectory and proximate mechanism of female dominance remain unclear. Potentially …
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2004 gender study of the New Jersey Public Relations Society of America
… male is older and more experienced. Overall female dominance continues in the trade, including in two of the three highest-paying industries. Most respondents were in management positions; however, men occupy more executive level management positions, and females skew toward in-department …
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Socioecology of Adult Female Vervet Cercopithecus Aethiops and Patas Monkeys Erythrocebus Patas in Kenya: Food Availability, Feeding Competition, and Dominance Relationships
The dominance hierarchy of female vervet and patas monkeys was similar when both used an A. drepanolobium woodland habitat. Foods here were randomly and closely distributed in space and less abundant per feeding site compared to foods in the A. xanthophloea riverine habitat, a second habitat used …
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Female Social Rank and Steroid Production in Semi-Free Ranging Lemur Catta on St. Catherines Island, Georgia
… catta)</em> these groups are characterized by female dominance, where females have priority over males for food, grooming, and space. Among females there is also a linear dominance hierarchy.<em> L. catta </em>have a strong matrilineal social core due to females staying within their natal group …
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Conservation Studies of Insect Cave Faunas in Mammoth Cave National Park and Ghana, West Africa
… reported constant 1:1 sex ratio to one of female dominance in spring 2006. It was also discovered that males and females of both sclerotization classes utilize habitats among seasons similarly and display greatest trap abundance near large patches of sandy substrate. It was concluded that …
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Assessment Practices Of Students With Learning Disabilities In Lebanese Private Schools: A National Survey
… by a critical gender imbalance with a very high female dominance and a significant inaccuracy in ethical standards. Input evaluation revealed that almost half of the teachers and administrators expressed being ill prepared in assessing student performance as a result of their teacher education …
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How the Outside Gets in: Linking Social and Physical Environments with Physiology and Body Size in Wild Baboons
… work, I study how two environmental factors – dominance rank and early-life conditions – are associated with growth and physiology. My colleagues and I test these links in a population of wild baboons studied by the Amboseli Baboon Research Project. The Amboseli Baboons Research Project has …