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reproductive skew — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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reproductive skew

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on reproductive skew with 34 nodes and 118 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), focal animal sampling (Sciuridae), Parus major, Marmota monax.

Definition

Unequal distribution of reproduction among group members, with some individuals having much higher reproductive success than others

Publications (2)

Society formation and maintenance in yellow-bellied marmots

2025Animal Behaviourcentral

Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

2011Ethologytested

Related Concepts (10)

dispersal

process1 shared paper

body condition

metric1 shared paper

facultative sociality

phenomenon1 shared paper

matrilineal society

phenomenon1 shared paper

dominance hierarchy

phenomenon1 shared paper

Clutton-Brock index

metric1 shared paper

vocal individuality

phenomenon1 shared paper

territoriality

phenomenon1 shared paper

society formation

process1 shared paper

social subordination hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

prairie dogs

Canis latrans

black bear

Oreamnos americanus

mountain goat

Marmota monax

Sciuridae1 paper

Cynomys ludovicianus

Sciuridae1 paper

Parus major

Cervus elaphus

Cervidae1 paper