Publication: The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female
The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female
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Schubert, M., Pillay, N., Ribble, D. O., & Schradin, C. (2009). The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female. Ethology, 115(10), 972–985. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01684.x
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Animal dispersion in space and time results from environmental pressures, and affects the outcome of a species' social organization. When females are solitary, males may either roam or be pair-living. We studied possible environmental influences affecting the social organization of the round-eared sengi (Macroscelides proboscideus) in a semi-desert in South Africa, using trapping and radio-tracking across 2.5?yr. Adult sex ratios did not deviate from 1:1 and we found no indication of sexual dimorphism in body mass. Females maintained
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- Schubert, M
- Pillay, N
- Ribble, D O
- Schradin, C
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Schubert, M., Pillay, N., Ribble, D. O., & Schradin, C. (2009). The Round-Eared Sengi and the Evolution of Social Monogamy: Factors that Constrain Males to Live with a Single Female. Ethology, 115(10), 972–985. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01684.x
