Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Sharing mating opportunities by coalition males in stump-tailed macaques: elucidation of ecological mechanism by diversion of PvS model In multi-male multi-female groups of animals, male reproductive success is often skewed toward top-ranking males. Coalition formation by middle- to low-rankers can be seen as a collaborative effort to modify the distribution of reproductive success within the group, so that they gain more than they would do otherwise. It has been pointed out, on the other hand, that a coalition of top-ranking males could hardly be profitable in the sense that they would gain little additional benefit from making collaborative effort. Here we report our novel observation of facultative sharing of mating opportunities among males in a wild population of stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) as a possible case of coalition-like behavior in which dominant males jointly guard females from mating with subordinate males and actively share mating opportunities within the allies. First, we report our novel observation of facultative sharing of mating opportunities in male stump-tailed macaques, where two or more males remain in close proximity to and copulate with a female in turn without contesting or sneaking. Second, considering the kind of coalition formation in which dominant males collaboratively exclude subordinates from mating competition and thereby strengthen the reproductive skew that already exists, we specify, by means of mathematical modeling, the condition for this kind of coalition formation to be selectively favored. Finally, we derive predictions about the occurrence of the coalition-like behavior depending on ecological and demographic factors, and test them empirically using data from the five groups of stump-tailed macaques in our study population.
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