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Jarman, P. J.. (1974). The social behaviour of antelope in relation to their ecology. Behaviour, 48(1-4), 213–267.
Abstract: The types of social organisation displayed by the African antelope species have been assigned in this paper to five classes, distinguished largely by the strategies used by the reproductively active males in securing mating rights, and the effects of those strategies on other social castes. The paper attempts to show that these strategies are appropriate to each class because of the effects of other, ecological, aspects of their ways of life. The paper describes different feeding styles among antelope, in terms of selection of food items and coverage of home ranges. It argues that these feeding styles bear a relationship to maximum group size of feeding animals through the influence of dispersion of food items upon group cohesion. The feeding styles also bear a relationship to body size and to habitat choice, both of which influence the antelope species' antipredator behaviour. Thus feeding style is related to anti-predator behaviour which, in many species, influences minimum group size. Group size and the pattern of movement over the annual home range affect the likelihood of females being found in a given place at a given time, and it is this likelihood which, to a large extent, determines the kind of strategy a male must employ to achieve mating rights. The effects of the different strategies employed by males can be seen in such aspects of each species' biology as sexual dimorphism, adult sex ratio, and differential distribution of the sexes.
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Clutton-Brock, T. H. (1974). Primate social organisation and ecology. Nature, 250(5467), 539–542.
Abstract: Attempts to relate interspecific differences in social organisation among primates to gross differences in habitat or diet type have been largely unsuccessful. This is probably partly because distantly related species have adapted to similar ecological situations in different ways and partly because much finer ecological differences are important.
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Dunbar, R. I. M. (1974). Observations on the ecology and social organization of the green monkey,Cercopithecus sabaeus, in Senegal. Primates, 15(4), 341–350.
Abstract: The green monkey,Cercopithecus sabaeus, has not been studied in its natural habitat in West Africa. This paper reports observations made during a 3-month study in Senegal. Green monkeys live in multimale groups averaging some 12 individuals. Information is given on home range size, use of habitat, daily activity patterns, diet and birth seasonality. Social organization is discussed and data are given on the relationships between age-sex classes, aggression and leadership. Inter-group relations are discussed and it is suggested that groups defend their ranges as territories. The ecology and social organization of green monkeys is compared with that of populations ofC. aethiops studied in East Africa and they are found to be similar.
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Joubert E,. (1974). Composition and limiting factors of a Khomas Hochland population of Hartmann zebra. Madoqua, 8, 49–53.
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Joubert E,. (1974). Notes on the reproduction in Hartmann zebra in South West Africa. Madoqua, 1(8), 31–35.
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Klingel H,. (1974). Gruppenbildung bei Huftieren. In Kindler (Ed.), (pp. 506–518).
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Klingel H,. (1974). Zebras. Wildlife Clubs of Kenya.8–13.
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Willoughby Dp,. (1974). The empire of Equus.
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Schäfer, M. (1974). Die Sprache des Pferdes – Lebensweise und Ausdrucksformen.
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Blakeslee, J. K. (1974). Mother-young relationships and related behavior among free-ranging Appaloosa horses. Master's thesis, , Idaho State University, Pocatello.
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