Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Social Organization Of The Eastern Rock Elephant-Shrew (Elephantulus Myurus): The Evidence For Mate Guarding, David O. Ribble, M. R. Perrin
Social Organization Of The Eastern Rock Elephant-Shrew (Elephantulus Myurus): The Evidence For Mate Guarding, David O. Ribble, M. R. Perrin
Biology Faculty Research
Understanding the costs and benefits of defending solitary females, or mate guarding, may be the key to understanding the evolution of monogamy in most mammals. Elephant-shrews, or sengis, are a unique clade of small mammals that are particularly attractive for studies of mate guarding. We studied the spatial organization of Eastern Rock Sengis (Elephantulus myurus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, from August – December 2000. Our objectives were to describe the home ranges of males and females using radiotelemetry, noting the sizes and overlap of adjacent ranges and how the spatial organization changes through time. Males and females were …