University of Southern Mississippi
Utility of Feeding Priority as a Measure of Dominance in Garnett's Bushbaby (<i>Otolemur garnettii</i>)
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The current study examined dominance behaviors in bushbabies and examined whether feeding priority (i.e., first access to a food source) is a viable measure of dominance. Several measures of dominance were employed. Among the measures of dominance investigated were agonistic interactions, grooming, displacement, and deference of space. The results indicated that females initiated more agonistic interactions than males, but the other measures of dominance did not support the hypothesis that females were the dominant sex. The results were partially consistent with the hypothesis that feeding priority is a viable measure of dominance in that females obtained feeding priority in the small and medium patch conditions.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Psychology
- Year dc:date.available
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Edens, Kyle Daniel
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sheree Watson
- Tammy Greer
- Andrea Wesley
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/461
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1547