The Island of Female Power? Intersexual Dominance Relationships in the Lemurs of Madagascar

The extant primates of Madagascar (Lemuriformes) represent the endpoints of an adaptive radiation following a single colonization event more than 50 million years ago. They have since evolved a diversity of life history traits, ecological adaptations and social systems that rivals that of all other...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Peter M. Kappeler, Claudia Fichtel, Ute Radespiel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Subjects:	female dominance intersexual relationships social structure lemurs primates
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.858859/full