Assessing dominance hierarchies: validation and advantages of progressive evaluation with Elo-rating
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Consistency of dominance rank order: A comparison of David’s scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods in macaques
In nonhuman primate social groups, dominance ranks are usually assigned to individuals based on outcomes of dyadic agonistic encounters. Multiple approaches have been used, but currently there is no consensus. One approach, David’s Scores (DS), offers dual advantages of yielding cardinal scores that may in turn be used to compute hierarchical steepness. Here we correlate […]
Personality does not predict social dominance in wild groups of black-capped chickadees
Dominance hierarchies characterize social groups of various species and can significantly influence individual fitness. Personality traits, consistent behavioural differences between individuals, have been proposed to influence individuals’ social status. However, few studies so far have investigated the link between personality traits and dominance in groups of animals in the wild. Here, we investigated the relationship […]