Hierarchical dominance structure and social organization in African elephants, Loxodonta africana

By George Wittemyer, Wayne M. Getz. 2007

178 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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In Ecology

1. George Wittemyer
2. Shermin de Silva
3. Fritz Vollrath
4. Wayne M. Getz

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. George Wittemyer
2. Shermin de Silva
3. Fritz Vollrath
4. Wayne M. Getz

In Social Psychology

1. George Wittemyer
2. Shermin de Silva
3. Fritz Vollrath
4. Wayne M. Getz

Citations in the corpus

• Social dominance, seasonal movements, and spatial segregation in African elephants: a contribution to conservation behavior (2007, background): “…to weakly nepotistic hierarchies in the face of transitive dominance relationships (Wittemyer and Getz 2007), indicates that elephants are relatively tolerant (de Waal 1989) of lower ranking conspecifics—possible causes for such tolerance are discussed elsewhere in detail (Wittemyer and Getz 2007).”
• A Comparison of Social Organization in Asian Elephants and African Savannah Elephants (2012, background): “…dominance structures resulting from age, size, fighting ability, or other characteristics of individuals and social feedbacks (Chase et al. 2002), though societies with hierarchical dominance structures may also exhibit multilevel organization (Archie et al. 2006; Wittemyer and Getz 2007).”