Dominance in relation to age, sex, and competitive contexts in a group of free-ranging domestic dogs

Cafazzo, Simona; Valsecchi, Paola; Bonanni, Roberto; Natoli, Eugenia

doi:10.1093/beheco/arq001

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“…it further reduces the risk of injury to both parties (Drews, 1993). In the dog pack studied by 241 Cafazzo et al (2010), "submissive-affiliative" behavior correlated significantly but ratherweakly with "submissive" behavior, suggesting that they may play different roles, at least at 243 the dyadic level, in canine society. "Submissive-affiliative" behavior, although relatively 244 uncommon, was entirely unidirectional, i.e.…”

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Dominance in domestic dogs—A response to Schilder et al. (2014)

Bradshaw

Blackwell

Casey

2016

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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Dominance in domestic dogs—A response to Schilder et al. (2014)

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Blackwell

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2016

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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“…In this subset, dominant dogs within dyads showed more offense behaviors and less SH. This was expected based on the effects of age in the larger sample, since age and dominance are highly correlated in dogs (Cafazzo et al, 2010(Cafazzo et al, , 2014van der Borg et al, 2012;Schilder et al, 2014;Trisko and Smuts, 2015).…”

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“…Within adult dog dyads, older and sometimes larger dogs showed more offense behaviors and less SH than their younger, smaller partners. In a subset of the dyads, we could identify relative ranks outside of the play context using formal dominance signals that have subsequently been validated (Cafazzo et al, 2010(Cafazzo et al, , 2014van der Borg et al, 2012;Schilder et al, 2014;Trisko and Smuts, 2015). In this subset, dominant dogs within dyads showed more offense behaviors and less SH.…”

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Rollovers during play: Complementary perspectives

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2015

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“…In fact, whenever hierarchies are weakly or moderately linear, they usually have a high percentage of unknown relationships (e.g., Rutberg, 1986;Isbell & Pruetz, 1998;Cafazzo et al, 2010). Therefore, it is not surprising that our study groups with several unknown relationships showed weak or moderate linearity.…”

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“…Following this definition, all but two of our study groups formed wellexpressed hierarchies as the most common context for submissive interactions was feeding. However, this is not a very useful variable when comparing the expression of dominance relationships across species because feeding is the most common context for submission in most other animals (e.g., Cords, 2000Cords, , 2002Koenig, 2000;Korstjens et al, 2002;Koenig et al, 2004;Bergstrom & Fedigan, 2010;Cafazzo et al, 2010; but see Isbell & Pruetz, 1998). Instead, it might be more informative to compare agonistic rates during feeding between species.…”

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Individualistic female dominance hierarchies with varying strength in a highly folivorous population of black-and-white colobus

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Females that do not experience strong contest competition for food are presumed to form 'egalitarian' relationships (i.e., lacking strong, linear dominance hierarchies). However, recent studies of Gorilla beringei beringei (mountain gorilla) have documented relatively strong, linear female dominance hierarchies despite them having a highly folivorous diet that generates relatively low levels of within-group contest competition (Robbins et al., 2005(Robbins et al., , 2007. To investigate if this pattern holds true for other highly folivorous species that may experience low levels of contest competition, we examined the linearity and strength of female dominance hierarchies in a population of Colobus vellerosus (ursine colobus or white-thighed colobus) at Boabeng-Fiema, Ghana. From 2004 to 2011, we collected data via ad libitum and focal sampling of 75 adult and subadult females in eight groups. Half of the study groups had few unknown submissive relationships, and females formed individualistic hierarchies with high linearity indices ranging from 0.9 to 1. There was between-group variation in all components of hierarchical strength (i.e., hierarchical expression, consistency, and stability). Groups showed varying rates of submission, and there was a short latency to detect a linear hierarchy in some groups and a long latency in other groups (i.e., varying levels of hierarchical expression). Females in most groups formed unidirectional and stable relationships. Maturing females challenged older females in some groups, and these groups had more non-linear relationships (i.e., dyads with more submissive interactions down rather than up the hierarchy) and higher rates of individual rank change than other groups. Based on low rates of submission, long latencies, and/or some inconsistencies, we conclude that most groups form relatively

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Dominance in relation to age, sex, and competitive contexts in a group of free-ranging domestic dogs

Cited by 149 publications

References 60 publications

Dominance in domestic dogs—A response to Schilder et al. (2014)

Dominance in domestic dogs—A response to Schilder et al. (2014)

Rollovers during play: Complementary perspectives

Individualistic female dominance hierarchies with varying strength in a highly folivorous population of black-and-white colobus

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