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SUBMITTER: Gerber L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994371 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gerber Livia L Wittwer Samuel S Allen Simon J SJ Holmes Kathryn G KG King Stephanie L SL King Stephanie L SL Sherwin William B WB Wild Sonja S Willems Erik P EP Connor Richard C RC Krützen Michael M
Scientific reports 20210325 1
Investigations into cooperative partner choice should consider both potential and realised partners, allowing for the comparison of traits across all those available. Male bottlenose dolphins form persisting multi-level alliances. Second-order alliances of 4-14 males are the core social unit, within which 2-3 males form first-order alliances to sequester females during consortships. We compared social bond strength, relatedness and age similarity of potential and realised partners of individual ...[more]