Who`s the boss: researchers reveal how to analyse animal hierarchies
(World News Science)

An aggressive interaction between baboons Using a computer model, Imperial researchers have come up with a better way to determine the dynamics of groups where dominance plays a role. Dominance hierarchies, where some individuals within a group monopolize resources and mating opportunities, are common throughout the animal kingdom. However, the `steepness` of the hierarchy is different between species. Our model not only helps researchers design future studies on dominance hierarchies, it can also tell us something about how confident we can be about the...