The First Description of Dominance Hierarchy in Captive Giraffe: Not Loose and Egalitarian, but Clear and Linear
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124570" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124570</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124570" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0124570</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The First Description of Dominance Hierarchy in Captive Giraffe: Not Loose and Egalitarian, but Clear and Linear
Original language description
Wild giraffes live in extensive groups in the fission fusion system, maintaining long social distances and loose social bonds. Within these groups, resources are widely distributed, agonistic encounters are scarce and the dominance hierarchy was reportedin males only, while never deeply analysed. In captivity, the possibility to maintain inter-individual distances is limited and part of the resources is not evenly distributed. Consequently, we suggest that agonistic encounters should be more frequent,leading to the establishment of the dominance hierarchy. Based on the differences in resource-holding potential, we suggested that the rank of an individual would be affected by age and sex. Based on hypotheses of prior ownership, we tested whether rankwas positively affected by the time spent in a herd and whether it was stable in adult females, which were present long-term in the same herd. We originally monitored four herds of Rothschild giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildii)
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
PLoS One
ISSN
1932-6203
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
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UT code for WoS article
000354544200043
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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