Adolescent male chimpanzees do not form a dominance hierarchy with their peers.

ABSTRACT: Dominance hierarchies are a prominent feature of the lives of many primate species. These hierarchies have important fitness consequences, as high rank is often positively correlated with reproduction. Although adult male chimpanzees strive for status to gain fitness benefits, the development of dominance relationships is not well understood. While two prior studies found that adolescent males do not display dominance relationships with peers, additional research at Ngogo in Kibale National Park, Uganda, indicates that adolescents there form a linear dominance hierarchy. These conflicting findings could reflect different patterns of rank acquisition across sites. An alternate possibility arises from a recent re-evaluation of age estimates at Ngogo and suggests that the report describing de

SUBMITTER: Sandel AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5450613 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature