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parasocial sequence

animal behavior
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  • Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: herd of gnu (wildebeests)
    animal social behavior
    / Categorizing the diversity of social behavior

    … following two routes, called the parasocial sequence and the subsocial sequence. This classification is based primarily on the involvement of insect parents with their young, whereas classifications of vertebrate sociality are frequently based on spacing behavior or mating system. Both routes culminate in “eusociality,” a system in which the young…

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    … following two routes, called the parasocial sequence and the subsocial sequence. This classification is based primarily on the involvement of insect parents with their young, whereas classifications of vertebrate sociality are frequently based on spacing behavior or mating system. Both routes culminate in “eusociality,” a system in which the young…

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