Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
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 exclusive areas, which had little overlap (
DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01684.x
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Repository Citation
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
Publication Information
Ethology