Causes, mechanisms, and consequences of contest competition among female mountain gorillas in Rwanda | Zendy

Cyril C. Grueter | Zendy; Andrew M. Robbins | Zendy; Didier Abavandimwe | Zendy; Veronica Vecellio | Zendy; Felix Ndagijimana | Zendy; Sylvia Ortmann | Zendy; Tara S. Stoinski | Zendy; Martha M. Robbins | Zendy

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Causes, mechanisms, and consequences of contest competition among female mountain gorillas in Rwanda

Author(s) -

Cyril C. Grueter,

Andrew M. Robbins,

Didier Abavandimwe,

Veronica Vecellio,

Felix Ndagijimana,

Sylvia Ortmann,

Tara S. Stoinski,

Martha M. Robbins

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

behavioral ecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.162

H-Index - 118

eISSN - 1465-7279

pISSN - 1045-2249

DOI - 10.1093/beheco/arv212

Subject(s) - contest , dominance (genetics) , competition (biology) , scramble competition , biology , aggression , demography , ranking (information retrieval) , ecology , psychology , social psychology , biochemistry , machine learning , sociology , political science , computer science , law , gene

Lay Summary Being dominant often comes with the privilege of priority of access to good food that can boost individual energetic condition and enhance reproductive success. Using data from female mountain gorillas in Rwanda, we show that dominant individuals are more aggressive and spend more time at a food site, but overall they do not incur higher energy intake. The previously demonstrated higher reproductive success of dominant individuals can thus not be explained by energetic benefits.

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