@article{oai:ir.soken.ac.jp:00003859,
 author = {沓掛, 展之 and KUTSUKAKE, Nobuyuki},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {Primates, Primates},
 month = {Jul},
 note = {In many cercopithecine primates, females form linear dominance hierarchies based on kinship. It is known that female rank follows the rules of matrilineal rank inheritance (MRI): (1) maternal rank inheritance, (2) maternal dominance, and (3) youngest ascendancy among sisters. Although, several studies have highlighted inter-species, inter-population, and intra-group variation in MRI, the factors determining such variation remain largely unknown. In this paper, I investigate the dominance relationships of 69 adult (> 6 yr old) female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata fuscata) in a free-ranging provisioned troop living in Shiga-Heights (Nagano Prefecture, Japan) and report new evidence of intra-group variation. Dominance relationships among high-ranking females followed MRI within kin units, those among low-ranking females did not. Maternal rank inheritance and youngest ascendancy operated between mother/daughter dyads and sister dyads of high-rank, but not in the dyads of low-rank. The dominance ranks of females from low-ranking kin units were dispersed and less predictable. These findings suggest that MRI varies with absolute dominance rank, and are discussed in relation to other asymmetries between high- and low-rank.},
 pages = {321--335},
 title = {Matrilineal rank inheritance varies with absolute rank in Japanese macaques},
 volume = {41},
 year = {2000}
}