zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members...

Dominance hierarchies occur in many social animals. Researcher M. W. Foster investigated primates and found that the leaders were more likely to be those...

behavior can be understood on the basis of these tendencies. The dominance hierarchy of sheep and their natural inclination to follow a leader to new...

recognise conspecific individuals using olfaction only. Cattle live in a dominance hierarchy. This is maintained in several ways. Cattle often engage in mock...

speculative erotic fiction. The genre supposes the existence of a dominance hierarchy among humans, as similar to those associated with wolves and other...

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has a dominance hierarchy, relatively small colony size compared to yellowjacket species, and a female-biased sex ratio. This dominance hierarchy is due...

Social dominance orientation (SDO) is a personality trait measuring an individual's support for social hierarchy and the extent to which they desire their...

female during its life, and lives in a harem in which an established dominance hierarchy manages the group and keeps individuals at a specific social rank...

between multiple nests in an attempt to improve their position in the dominance hierarchy. Its nests are pale-colored and are usually built with mud.Liostenogaster...

locations. The black-capped chickadee is a social bird and forms strict dominance hierarchies within its flock. During the winter, these flocks include other...

A dominance signal is used in a dominance hierarchy or pecking order to indicate an animal's dominance. Dominance signals are a type of internal environment...

predictions, the social dominance orientation (SDO) scale was composed to measure acceptance of and desire for group-based social hierarchy, which was assessed...

dominance hierarchy. Female status is often established based on matrilines, with dominant mothers tending to have dominant daughters. Male dominance...

(2013). "Polistes paper wasps: a model genus for the study of social dominance hierarchies". International Journal for the Study of Social Arthropods. 61:...

decimal point. Organizations can be structured as a dominance hierarchy. In an organizational hierarchy, there is a single person or group with the most...

correlates to dominance; more dominant individuals have more black spots. The arrival at the nest correlates with the dominance hierarchy. Therefore, individuals...

Look up dominance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dominance may refer to: Dominance hierarchy or social hierarchy, an organizational form by which...

chacma baboon has a wide variety of social behaviours, including a dominance hierarchy, collective foraging, adoption of young by females, and friendship...

software and robotics Dominance hierarchy, an intraspecific ordering of individuals or groups by power status and dominance Social hierarchy, the concept as...

and submission may also refer to: Dominance hierarchy, dominance and submission in human or primate behavior "Dominance and Submission", a 1974 song by...

and achieve a size of 30.8 cells. One female queen exercises absolute dominance over all other females, often using lateral abdominal vibrations and stroking...

strict dominance hierarchy, form alliances (i.e., coalitionary bonds) to move up the dominance hierarchy by usurping a hyena of higher dominance rank....

sheltered nests, typically closer to the ground. These wasps live in a dominance hierarchy in which the queen's role differs from that of ordinary workers....

a single dominant foundress along with other cofoundresses and a dominance hierarchy. P. fuscatus is a part of the order Hymenoptera, the suborder Apocrita...

popularizing alpha male as an aspirational ideal. The view that there is a dominance hierarchy among humans consisting of "alpha males" and "beta males" is sometimes...

an effective dominance hierarchy. It allows for tranquility in large groups when each individual knows its place. Dominance hierarchies may be formed...

territory defence, nesting, and chick rearing. They exhibit a linear dominance hierarchy within these groups that is reinforced by physical traits, such as...

prefer to live in a group. An older theory of hierarchy in herd of horses is the "linear dominance hierarchy". Newer research shows that there is no "pecking...

females appear to be mild. It has been suggested that through a subtle dominance hierarchy among foundresses, the queen-like individual can suppress the oviposition...