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Ontogeny and symmetry of social partner choice among free-living yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Smith, J. E.ORCID; Chung, L. K.; Blumstein, D. T.ORCID
Year: 2013
Journal: Animal Behaviour, Vol. 85, pp. 715-725
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.01.008
Keywords: AFFILIATION, GROUP LIVING, KIN SELECTION, ONTOGENY, SIBLING RIVALRY

Abstract

Although reciprocity of affiliative exchanges within cohorts increased as individuals matured, competition among genetic relatives emerged early in ontogeny and persisted into adulthood, suggesting that close affiliates are each other's closest competitors.

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