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The Impact of Competition on Elephant Musth Strategies : = A Game-Theoretic Model.

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Title/Author:	The Impact of Competition on Elephant Musth Strategies :/
Reminder of title:	A Game-Theoretic Model.
Author:	Wyse, J. Max.
Description:	1 online resource (86 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-11B(E).
Subject:	Mathematics. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355018363

The Impact of Competition on Elephant Musth Strategies : = A Game-Theoretic Model.
Wyse, J. Max.

The Impact of Competition on Elephant Musth Strategies :A Game-Theoretic Model. - 1 online resource (86 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

Mature male African elephants are known to periodically enter a temporary state of heightened aggression called ``musth,'' often linked with increased androgens, particularly testosterone. Sexually mature males are capable of entering musth at any time of year, and will often travel long distances to find estrous females. When two musth bulls or two non-musth bulls encounter one another, the agonistic interaction is usually won by the larger male. When a smaller musth bull encounters a larger non-musth bull, however, the smaller musth male can win. The relative mating success of musth males is due partly to this fighting advantage, and partly to estrous females' general preference for musth males.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355018363Subjects--Topical Terms:

527692
Mathematics.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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520 $a Though musth behavior has long been observed and documented, the evolutionary advantages of musth remain poorly understood. Here we develop a game--theoretic model of male musth behavior which assumes musth duration as a parameter, and distributions of small, medium and large musth males are predicted in both time and space. The predicted results are similar to the observed timing strategies in the Amboseli National Park elephant population. We discuss small male musth behavior, musth-estrus coincidence, the effects of estrous female spatial heterogeneity on musth timing, conservation applications, the assumptions underpinning the model and possible modifications to the model for the purpose of determining musth duration.
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