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A comparison of dominance rank metrics reveals multiple competitive landscapes in an animal society
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-09 , DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1013
Emily J Levy 1 , Matthew N Zipple 1 , Emily McLean 2 , Fernando A Campos 1, 3 , Mauna Dasari 4 , Arielle S Fogel 5, 6 , Mathias Franz 7 , Laurence R Gesquiere 1 , Jacob B Gordon 1 , Laura Grieneisen 8 , Bobby Habig 4, 9 , David J Jansen 4 , Niki H Learn 10 , Chelsea J Weibel 4 , Jeanne Altmann 10, 11 , Susan C Alberts 1, 5, 11 , Elizabeth A Archie 4, 11
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Across group-living animals, linear dominance hierarchies lead to disparities in access to resources, health outcomes and reproductive performance. Studies of how dominance rank predicts these traits typically employ one of several dominance rank metrics without examining the assumptions each metric makes about its underlying competitive processes. Here, we compare the ability of two dominance rank metrics—simple ordinal rank and proportional or ‘standardized’ rank—to predict 20 traits in a wild baboon population in Amboseli, Kenya. We propose that simple ordinal rank best predicts traits when competition is density-dependent, whereas proportional rank best predicts traits when competition is density-independent. We found that for 75% of traits (15/20), one rank metric performed better than the other. Strikingly, all male traits were best predicted by simple ordinal rank, whereas female traits were evenly split between proportional and simple ordinal rank. Hence, male and female traits are shaped by different competitive processes: males are largely driven by density-dependent resource access (e.g. access to oestrous females), whereas females are shaped by both density-independent (e.g. distributed food resources) and density-dependent resource access. This method of comparing how different rank metrics predict traits can be used to distinguish between different competitive processes operating in animal societies.

中文翻译:

优势等级指标的比较揭示了动物社会中的多种竞争格局

在群居动物中,线性优势等级导致资源获取、健康结果和繁殖性能的差异。对优势排名如何预测这些特征的研究通常采用几种优势排名指标之一,而无需检查每个指标对其潜在竞争过程做出的假设。在这里,我们比较了两个优势等级指标——简单有序等级和比例或“标准化”等级——预测肯尼亚安博塞利野生狒狒种群 20 个特征的能力。我们提出,当竞争依赖于密度时,简单的序数等级最能预测特征,而当竞争与密度无关时,比例等级能最好地预测特征。我们发现,对于 75% (15/20) 的特征,一个排名指标的表现优于另一个。引人注目的是,所有男性特征都可以通过简单的序数排名最好地预测,而女性特征在比例和简单的序数排名之间平均分配。因此,男性和女性的特征是由不同的竞争过程塑造的:男性主要受密度依赖的资源获取(例如获取发情女性)的驱动,而女性则受密度独立(例如分布式食物资源)和密度依赖的影响资源访问。这种比较不同等级指标如何预测特征的方法可用于区分动物社会中运行的不同竞争过程。男性主要受密度依赖的资源获取(例如获取发情女性)的驱动,而女性则受密度无关(例如分布式食物资源)和密度依赖的资源获取的影响。这种比较不同等级指标如何预测特征的方法可用于区分动物社会中运行的不同竞争过程。男性主要受密度依赖的资源获取(例如获取发情女性)的驱动,而女性则受密度无关(例如分布式食物资源)和密度依赖的资源获取的影响。这种比较不同等级指标如何预测特征的方法可用于区分动物社会中运行的不同竞争过程。
更新日期:2020-09-09
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