is a spectrum of social organisations in different species, from a full despotic hierarchy to a relatively egalitarian system in species with little intraspecific competition. Dominance varies, too, depending on the context or resource, and on group size.

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Dominance is an individual's preferential access to resources over another based on coercive capacity based on strength, threat, and intimidation, compared to prestige (persuasive capacity based on skills, abilities, and knowledge). A dominant animal is

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