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- Title
Social competition and its consequences in female mammals.
- Authors
Clutton‐Brock, T.; Huchard, E.
- Abstract
Although competition between females is one of the cornerstones of the theory of natural selection, most studies of reproductive competition have focussed principally on mating competition in males. Here, we summarize our current understanding of adaptive tactics used by competing females in social mammals, and assess the social mechanisms affecting competitive success and the evolutionary consequences of social competition between females. As well as emphasizing the importance of female-female competition in social evolution, recent studies highlight the qualitative similarities in the operation of selection in females and males.
- Subjects
COMPETITION (Biology); ANIMAL sexual behavior; SOCIAL evolution in animals; NATURAL selection; BIOLOGICAL variation; HABITATS
- Publication
Journal of Zoology, 2013, Vol 289, Issue 3, p151
- ISSN
0952-8369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jzo.12023