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Suire A, Isbell LA, Bidner LR, Shinoda Y, Akasaka M, Matsumoto-Oda A. Influence of rainfall on sleeping site choice by a group of anubis baboons (Papio anubis). Am J Primatol 2020; 83:e23223. [PMID: 33337548 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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For diurnal nonhuman primates, shifting among different sleeping sites may provide multiple benefits such as better protection from predators, reduced risk of parasitic infection, and closer proximity to spatially and temporally heterogeneous food and water. This last benefit may be particularly important in sleeping site selection by primates living in savanna-woodlands where rainfall is more limited and more seasonally pronounced than in rainforests. Here, we examined the influence of rainfall, a factor that affects food and water availability, on the use of sleeping sites by anubis baboons (Papio anubis) over two 13-month study periods that differed in rainfall patterns. We predicted that during wet periods, when food and water availability should be higher, the study group would limit the number of sleeping sites and would stay at each one for more consecutive nights than during dry periods. Conversely, we predicted that during dry periods the group would increase the number of sleeping sites and stay at each one for fewer consecutive nights as they searched more widely for food and water. We also predicted that the group would more often choose sleeping sites closer to the center of the area used during daytime (between 07:00 and 19:00) during wet months than during dry months. Using Global Positioning System data from collared individuals, we found that our first prediction was not supported on either monthly or yearly timescales, although past monthly rainfall predicted the use of the main sleeping site in the second study period. Our second prediction was supported only on a yearly timescale. This study suggests that baboons' choice of sleeping sites is fluid over time while being sensitive to local environmental conditions, one of which may be rainfall.
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- Alexandre Suire
- Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.,Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya
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- Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya.,Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California, USA.,Animal Behavior Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya.,Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California, USA.,School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.,Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya.,Graduate School of Tourism Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Jablonski NG. Social and affective touch in primates and its role in the evolution of social cohesion. Neuroscience 2020; 464:117-125. [PMID: 33246063 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Primates are long-lived, highly social mammals who maintain long-term social bonds and cohesive social groups through many affiliative mechanisms, foremost among them social touch. From birth through adulthood, social touch - primarily mutual grooming - creates and maintains relationships of trust and reliance, which are the basis for individual physical and emotional well-being and reproductive success. Because social touch helps to establish, maintain, and repair social alliances in primates, it contributes to the emotional stability of individuals and the cohesion of social groups. In these fundamental ways, thus, social touch supports the slow life histories of primates. The reinforcing neurochemistry of social touch insures that it is a pleasurable activity and this, in turn, makes it a behavioral commodity that can be traded between primates for desirable rewards such as protection against future aggression or opportunities to handle infants. Social touch is essential to normal primate development, and individuals deprived of social touch exhibit high levels of anxiety and lower fertility compared to those receiving regular social touch. Understanding the centrality of social touch to primate health and well-being throughout the lifespan provides the foundation for appreciating the importance of social touch in human life.
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- Nina G Jablonski
- Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Bonnell TR, Henzi SP, Barrett L. Functional social structure in baboons: Modeling interactions between social and environmental structure in group-level foraging. J Hum Evol 2019; 126:14-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tiddi B, Heistermann M, Fahy MK, Wheeler BC. Male resource defense mating system in primates? An experimental test in wild capuchin monkeys. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197020. [PMID: 29787573 PMCID: PMC5963770 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ecological models of mating systems provide a theoretical framework to predict the effect of the defendability of both breeding resources and mating partners on mating patterns. In resource-based mating systems, male control over breeding resources is tightly linked to female mating preference. To date, few field studies have experimentally investigated the relationship between male resource control and female mating preference in mammals due to difficulties in manipulating ecological factors (e.g., food contestability). We tested the within-group male resource defense hypothesis experimentally in a wild population of black capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus) in Iguazú National Park, Argentina. Sapajus spp. represent an ideal study model as, in contrast to most primates, they have been previously argued to be characterized by female mate choice and a resource-based mating system in which within-group resource monopolization by high-ranking males drives female mating preference for those males. Here, we examined whether females (N = 12) showed a weaker preference for alpha males during mating seasons in which food distribution was experimentally manipulated to be less defendable relative to those in which it was highly defendable. Results did not support the within-group male resource defense hypothesis, as female sexual preferences for alpha males did not vary based on food defendability. We discuss possible reasons for our results, including the possibility of other direct and indirect benefits females receive in exercising mate choice, the potential lack of tolerance over food directed towards females by alpha males, and phylogenetic constraints.
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- Barbara Tiddi
- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Behavioral Ecology, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- CERCOPAN Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
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- School of Anthropology & Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Strier KB. Primate social behavior. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 165:801-812. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Karen B. Strier
- Department of Anthropology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison Wisconsin, 53706
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Rogers J. The behavioral genetics of nonhuman primates: Status and prospects. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 165 Suppl 65:23-36. [PMID: 29380886 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The complexity and diversity of primate behavior have long attracted the attention of ethologists, psychologists, behavioral ecologists, and neuroscientists. Recent studies have advanced our understanding of the nature of genetic influences on differences in behavior among individuals within species. A number of analyses have focused on the genetic analysis of behavioral reactions to specific experimental tests, providing estimates of the degree of genetic control over reactivity, and beginning to identify the genes involved. Substantial progress is also being made in identifying genetic factors that influence the structure and function of the primate brain. Most of the published studies on these topics have examined either cercopithecines or chimpanzees, though a few studies have addressed these questions in other primate species. One potentially important line of research is beginning to identify the epigenetic processes that influence primate behavior, thus revealing specific cellular and molecular mechanisms by which environmental experiences can influence gene expression or gene function relevant to behavior. This review summarizes many of these studies of non-human primate behavioral genetics. The primary focus is on analyses that address the nature of the genes and genetic processes that affect differences in behavior among individuals within non-human primate species. Analyses of between species differences and potential avenues for future research are also discussed.
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- Jeffrey Rogers
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Strier KB. What does variation in primate behavior mean? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2017; 162 Suppl 63:4-14. [PMID: 28105716 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Interest in intraspecific behavioral variation has grown with concerns about the ability of primates to adapt to the rapidly changing ecological and demographic conditions that threaten their survival. Now, in addition to identifying the causes and phylogenetic distribution of normative, species-specific behavior patterns for interspecific comparisons, there is widespread recognition of the need to incorporate intraspecific variation. This variation is evident across groups and populations of the same species as well over the long histories of single groups of long-lived, socially complex animals with overlapping generations. Yet, analyses of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data require explicit criteria about how to classify and interpret behavioral variation, and must be sensitive to the limitations of space-for-time substitutions in these comparisons. Current approaches have made great advances, but there remains an urgent challenge of understanding intraspecific variation in a way that will facilitate the development of new predictive models to assess population resilience and extinction risks in the face of climate change and other anthropogenic influences.
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- Karen B Strier
- Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705
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Farine DR, Strandburg-Peshkin A, Berger-Wolf T, Ziebart B, Brugere I, Li J, Crofoot MC. Both Nearest Neighbours and Long-term Affiliates Predict Individual Locations During Collective Movement in Wild Baboons. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27704. [PMID: 27292778 PMCID: PMC4904494 DOI: 10.1038/srep27704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In many animal societies, groups of individuals form stable social units that are shaped by well-delineated dominance hierarchies and a range of affiliative relationships. How do socially complex groups maintain cohesion and achieve collective movement? Using high-resolution GPS tracking of members of a wild baboon troop, we test whether collective movement in stable social groups is governed by interactions among local neighbours (commonly found in groups with largely anonymous memberships), social affiliates, and/or by individuals paying attention to global group structure. We construct candidate movement prediction models and evaluate their ability to predict the future trajectory of focal individuals. We find that baboon movements are best predicted by 4 to 6 neighbours. While these are generally individuals’ nearest neighbours, we find that baboons have distinct preferences for particular neighbours, and that these social affiliates best predict individual location at longer time scales (>10 minutes). Our results support existing theoretical and empirical studies highlighting the importance of local rules in driving collective outcomes, such as collective departures, in primates. We extend previous studies by elucidating the rules that maintain cohesion in baboons ‘on the move’, as well as the different temporal scales of social interactions that are at play.
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- Damien R Farine
- Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA, USA.,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.,Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK.,Department of Collective Behaviour, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Konstanz, 78457, Germany.,Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 106A Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan St, Chicago IL, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan St, Chicago IL, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan St, Chicago IL, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan St, Chicago IL, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA, USA.,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.,Animal Behaviour Graduate Group, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis CA, USA
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Freeman NJ, Young C, Barrett L, Henzi SP. Coalition Formation by Male Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in South Africa. Ethology 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Natalie J. Freeman
- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Psychology; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge AB Canada
- Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit; University of South Africa; Florida Gauteng South Africa
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The Influence of Social Systems on Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Baboons. INT J PRIMATOL 2013; 35:210-225. [PMID: 24523566 PMCID: PMC3915079 DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Behavior is influenced by genes but can also shape the genetic structure of natural populations. Investigating this link is of great importance because behavioral processes can alter the genetic diversity on which selection acts. Gene flow is one of the main determinants of the genetic structure of a population and dispersal is the behavior that mediates gene flow. Baboons (genus Papio) are among the most intensely studied primate species and serve as a model system to investigate the evolution of social systems using a comparative approach. The general mammalian pattern of male dispersal and female philopatry has thus far been found in baboons, with the exception of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas). As yet, the lack of data on Guinea baboons (Papio papio) creates a taxonomic gap in genus-wide comparative analyses. In our study we investigated the sex-biased dispersal pattern of Guinea baboons in comparison to hamadryas, olive, yellow, and chacma baboons using sequences of the maternally transmitted mitochondrial hypervariable region I. Analyzing whole-range georeferenced samples (N = 777), we found strong evidence for female-biased gene flow in Guinea baboons and confirmed this pattern for hamadryas baboons, as shown by a lack of genetic-geographic structuring. In addition, most genetic variation was found within and not among demes, in sharp contrast to the pattern observed in matrilocal primates including the other baboon taxa. Our results corroborate the notion that the Guinea baboons’ social system shares some important features with that of hamadryas baboons, suggesting similar evolutionary forces have acted to distinguish them from all other baboons.
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- C. J. Jolly
- Department of Anthropology New York University New York NY USA
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Patzelt A, Zinner D, Fickenscher G, Diedhiou S, Camara B, Stahl D, Fischer J. Group Composition of Guinea Baboons (Papio papio) at a Water Place Suggests a Fluid Social Organization. INT J PRIMATOL 2011; 32:652-668. [PMID: 21654901 PMCID: PMC3083506 DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9493-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Baboon social systems are among the most studied in primates. Solid knowledge of the hamadryas and savannah baboon systems has accumulated, leading to a dichotomic view of baboon social systems. Hamadryas baboons live in multilayered troops based on 1-male units whereas savannah baboons live in multimale multifemale groups based on a network of related females. Less attention has been paid to their West African congenerics, the Guinea baboons, Papio papio. To fill this gap, in 2007 we initiated a long-term study of a baboon troop ranging in the Niokolo Koba National Park in southeastern Senegal. Earlier studies suggested a tendency for a multilayered social system in Guinea baboons, similar to the hamadryas baboon organization. Therefore, as a first approach to analyzing variability in party size and composition, we observed members of the troop crossing an open area from a fixed point for 3 mo during the dry and wet seasons. We counted individuals and recorded changes in composition of both arriving and departing parties. Party size and composition were highly variable on both a daily and a seasonal basis; 45.9% of the arriving parties changed in composition while crossing the open area, either splitting into smaller parties or fusing into larger ones, suggesting a fluid organization. Our data support the existence of neither a hamadryas baboon-like multilayered social organization nor a stable medium-sized multimale multifemale group as in savannah baboons. In light of our data we may need to revise the dichotomic view of baboon social systems and include space for greater variability of their social systems.
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- Annika Patzelt
- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behavior, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut Supérieur de Formation Agricole et Rurale (I.S.F.A.R) de Bambey, Bambey, Sénégal
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- Parc National de Niokolo Koba, Niokolo Koba, Sénégal
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- Department of Biostatistics, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behavior, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Grooming for infant handling in tufted capuchin monkeys: a reappraisal of the primate infant market. Anim Behav 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Expectant parents groom adult sons according to previous alloparenting in a biparental cooperatively breeding primate. Anim Behav 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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