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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Pilot studies in England by Stopka and Macdonald revealed that allogrooming
    in the Old World wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, is a commodity that males can
    trade for reproductive benefits with females. This study, which used a combination
    of field study and observations in experimental enclosures, revealed that specific
    experimental conditions such as group-size and sex-ratio manipulations have a
    significant effect on the pattern of allogrooming exchanged between individuals.
    Furthermore, females from the Czech population were more likely to associate with
    each other as revealed by the clustering of activity centers of females (i.e.,
    as opposed to almost exclusive ranges in English populations), and also by the
    higher intensity of allogrooming exchanged between females (i.e., virtually lacking
    in the previous experiment with English mice). Therefore, geographic variation
    and specific social conditions seem to be important driving factors for allogrooming
    behavior. Together with changes in overall grooming patterns, allogrooming between
    males and females remained invariably asymmetrical over all four experimental
    groups (i.e., two conditions for each sex) in that males provided more allogrooming
    to females than they received from them.
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Jitka
  full_name: Polechova, Jitka
  id: 3BBFB084-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Polechova
  orcid: 0000-0003-0951-3112
- first_name: P.
  full_name: Stopka, P.
  last_name: Stopka
citation:
  ama: Polechova J, Stopka P. Geometry of social relationships in the Old World wood
    mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus. <i>Canadian Journal of Zoology</i>. 2002;80(8):1383-1388.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128">10.1139/z02-128</a>
  apa: Polechova, J., &#38; Stopka, P. (2002). Geometry of social relationships in
    the Old World wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus. <i>Canadian Journal of Zoology</i>.
    NRC Research Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128">https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128</a>
  chicago: Polechova, Jitka, and P. Stopka. “Geometry of Social Relationships in the
    Old World Wood Mouse, Apodemus Sylvaticus.” <i>Canadian Journal of Zoology</i>.
    NRC Research Press, 2002. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128">https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128</a>.
  ieee: J. Polechova and P. Stopka, “Geometry of social relationships in the Old World
    wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus,” <i>Canadian Journal of Zoology</i>, vol. 80,
    no. 8. NRC Research Press, pp. 1383–1388, 2002.
  ista: Polechova J, Stopka P. 2002. Geometry of social relationships in the Old World
    wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80(8), 1383–1388.
  mla: Polechova, Jitka, and P. Stopka. “Geometry of Social Relationships in the Old
    World Wood Mouse, Apodemus Sylvaticus.” <i>Canadian Journal of Zoology</i>, vol.
    80, no. 8, NRC Research Press, 2002, pp. 1383–88, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1139/z02-128">10.1139/z02-128</a>.
  short: J. Polechova, P. Stopka, Canadian Journal of Zoology 80 (2002) 1383–1388.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:07:10Z
date_published: 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-06-07T12:53:35Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1139/z02-128
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        80'
issue: '8'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 1383 - 1388
publication: Canadian Journal of Zoology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0008-4301
publication_status: published
publisher: NRC Research Press
publist_id: '1981'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Geometry of social relationships in the Old World wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
type: journal_article
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