Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020

The Social Rank of Zoo-Housed Japanese Macaques is a Predictor of Visitor-Directed Aggression

Authors: Jocelyn M. Woods, Stephen R. Ross, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, elo-rating, hierarchy, primate behavior, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2019

Aiming low: A resident male’s rank predicts takeover success by challenging males in Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys

Authors: Pingfen Zhu, Baoping Ren, Paul A. Garber, Fan Xia, Cyril C. Grueter, Ming Li

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: elo-rating, male–male competition, rhinopithecus bieti, takeover

2016

Assessing dominance hierarchies: validation and advantages of progressive evaluation with Elo-rating

Authors: C. Neumann, J. Duboscq, C. Dubuc, G. Ginting, A.M. Irwan, M. Agil, A. Widdig, A. Engelhardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: david's score, dominance hierarchy, dominance rank, elo-rating, hierarchy stability, i&s*i, macaca nigra, macaca-mulatta, methodology

2011