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Predicting fate from early connectivity in a social network by McDonald, David B

“…In the long-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis), a long-lived tropical bird, early connectivity within a social network predicts male success an average of…”
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A social network perspective on measurements of dominance hierarchies by Shizuka, Daizaburo, McDonald, David B.

“…The hierarchical organization of dominance relations among animals has wide-ranging implications in social evolution. The structure of dominance relations has…”
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The network motif architecture of dominance hierarchies by Shizuka, Daizaburo, McDonald, David B.

“…The widespread existence of dominance hierarchies has been a central puzzle in social evolution, yet we lack a framework for synthesizing the vast empirical…”
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Comparative transitive and temporal orderliness in dominance networks by McDonald, David B., Shizuka, Daizaburo

“…Dominance is a social relation between a subordinate animal and the dominant to which it submits. Animal groups seem regularly to form dominance hierarchies in…”
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Coastal latrine sites as social information hubs and drivers of river otter fission–fusion dynamics by Barocas, Adi, Golden, Howard N., Harrington, Michael W., McDonald, David B., Ben-David, Merav

“…Fission–fusion dynamics, consisting of regular shifts in the size and composition of social groups, are prevalent in animal societies and have implications for…”
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Social networks in the lek-mating wire-tailed manakin (Pipra filicauda) by Ryder, Thomas B, McDonald, David B, Blake, John G, Parker, Patricia G, Loiselle, Bette A

“…Pipra filicauda…”
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introduced and a native vertebrate hybridize to form a genetic bridge to a second native species by McDonald, David B, Parchman, Thomas L, Bower, Michael R, Hubert, Wayne A, Rahel, Frank J

“…The genetic impacts of hybridization between native and introduced species are of considerable conservation concern, while the possibility of reticulate…”
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Highly variable reproductive isolation among pairs of Catostomus species by Mandeville, Elizabeth G., Parchman, Thomas L., McDonald, David B., Buerkle, C. Alex

“…Hybridization between diverged taxa tests the strength of reproductive isolation and can therefore reveal mechanisms of reproductive isolation. However, it…”
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Social Networks and the Formation and Maintenance of River Otter Groups by Hansen, Heidi, McDonald, David B., Groves, Pamela, Maier, Julie A. K., Ben-David, Merav

“…Many studies have evaluated why male mammals form social groups; few however have investigated how these groups are formed and maintained. We observed…”
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PLUMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND MOLT IN LONG-TAILED MANAKINS (CHIROXIPHIA LINEARIS): VARIATION ACCORDING TO SEX AND AGE by Doucet, Stéphanie M, McDonald, David B, Foster, Mercedes S, Clay, Rob P

“…Lek-mating Long-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) exhibit an unusual pattern of delayed plumage maturation. Each year, males progress through a series of…”
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Young-boy networks without kin clusters in a lek-mating manakin by McDonald, David B

“…I use 10 years of data from a long-term study of lek-mating long-tailed manakins to relate the social network among males to their spatial and genetic…”
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Cooperative Display and Relatedness Among Males in a Lek-Mating Bird by McDonald, David B., Potts, Wayne K.

“…Long-tailed manakins mate in leks and cooperate in multiyear male-male partnerships. An alpha male is responsible for virtually all mating, whereas a beta male…”
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Structure of male cooperation networks at long-tailed manakin leks by Edelman, Andrew J., McDonald, David B.

“…Social networks arise from complex interactions among multiple individuals and affect the emergent properties of groups (e.g. cooperation, disease spread,…”
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Behavioural Ecology: Social Networking for Dullards by McDonald, David B.

“…A recent paper shows that dull-plumaged male house finches can improve their mating success by moving to a different social network, where their plumage is…”
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Genetic similarity among Eurasian subspecies of boreal owls Aegolius funereus by E. Koopman, Marni, B. McDonald, David, D. Hayward, Gregory, Eldegard, Katrine, A. Sonerud, Geir, G. Sermach, Sergey

“…Boreal owls Aegolius funereus (referred to as Tengmalm's owls in Europe) breed in boreal forests throughout the Holarctic region and in high-elevation…”
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EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF DIVERGENT CLINES IN AN AVIAN (MANACUS: AVES) HYBRID ZONE by Brumfield, Robb T, Jernigan, Robert W, McDonald, David B, Braun, Michael J

“…A previous study of the hybrid zone in western Panama between white-collared (Manacus candei) and golden-collared manakins (M. vitellinus) documented the…”
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GENETIC STRUCTURE OF COUGAR POPULATIONS ACROSS THE WYOMING BASIN: METAPOPULATION OR MEGAPOPULATION by Anderson, Charles R., Lindzey, Federick G., McDonald, David B.

“…We examined the genetic structure of 5 Wyoming cougar (Puma concolor) populations surrounding the Wyoming Basin, as well as a population from southwestern…”
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SEXUAL SELECTION ON PLUMAGE AND BEHAVIOR IN AN AVIAN HYBRID ZONE: EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF MALE-MALE INTERACTIONS by McDonald, David B, Clay, Robert P, Brumfield, Robb T, Braun, Michael J

“…In western Panama, an unusual hybrid zone exists between white-collared manakins, Manacus candei, and golden-collared manakins, M. vitellinus. Unidirectional…”
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TECHNICAL ADVANCES: Effects of genotyping protocols on success and errors in identifying individual river otters (Lontra canadensis) from their faeces by HANSEN, HEIDI, BEN-DAVID, MERAV, MCDONALD, DAVID B.

“…In noninvasive genetic sampling, when genotyping error rates are high and recapture rates are low, misidentification of individuals can lead to overestimation…”
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The development of coordinated singing in cooperatively displaying long-tailed manakins by Trainer, J. M.

“…Long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) have a puzzling social system in which teams of two males display cooperatively in dispersed lek arenas, but only…”
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