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Matriarchal Effects

Matriarchal Effects is a demographic theory in evolutionary anthropology that identifies the fitness-enhancing role of post-reproductive females in improving offspring survival and group cohesion within kin-structured populations.

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87

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47

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2017–2026

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Matriarchs As Repositories of Social Knowledge in African Elephants

Karen McComb, Cynthia J. Moss, Sarah M. Durant et al. · Science · 2001 · 646 citations

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Leadership in elephants: the adaptive value of age

Karen McComb, Graeme Shannon, Sarah M. Durant et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 302 citations · Full text

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Cohesive Relationships in a Cattle Herd (Bos Indicus)

Viktor Reinhardt, Annie Reinhardt · Behaviour · 1981 · 191 citations

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Long‐Term Impacts of Poaching on Relatedness, Stress Physiology, and Reproductive Output of Adult Female African Elephants

Kathleen S. Gobush, Benezeth Mutayoba, Samuel K. Wasser · Conservation Biology · 2008 · 178 citations · Full text

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The Ethology and Sociology of the Dwarf Mongoose (<i>Helogale undulata rufula</i>)

O. Anne E. Rasa · Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie · 1977 · 145 citations

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Authors

87

  1. CJ
    Cynthia J. Moss

    Save the Elephants, Kenya

    3 publications · 969 citations

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  2. KS
    Katito Sayialel

    Save the Elephants, Kenya

    2 publications · 323 citations

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  3. OA
    O. Anne E. Rasa

    University of Bonn, Germany

    2 publications · 173 citations

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  4. SM
    Sarah M. Durant

    Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 948 citations

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  5. KM
    Karen McComb

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 948 citations

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Institutions

47

  1. Zoological Society of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    948 citations

  2. Save the Elephants

    Nairobi, Kenya

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  3. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of Puerto Rico System

    San Juan, Puerto Rico

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    88 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

  6. University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    356 citations

  7. Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust

    Lusaka, Zambia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. Hakai Institute

    Campbell River, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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  2. Behaviour

    2 publications · 219 citations

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  4. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

    IJGE · 1 publications · 43 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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