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Reproduction in wild female olive baboons

dc.contributor.authorSmuts, Barbara B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNicolson, Nancyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-04-28T16:57:35Z
dc.date.available2006-04-28T16:57:35Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.citationSmuts, Barbara; Nicolson, Nancy (1989)."Reproduction in wild female olive baboons." American Journal of Primatology 19(4): 229-246. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/38425>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0275-2565en_US
dc.identifier.issn1098-2345en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/38425
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate several factors that influence female reproduction in a large troop of wild olive baboons ( Papio cynocephalus anubis ) based on 4 consecutive years of demographic data. Interbirth intervals were significantly shorter for females whose infants died before their next conception than for females whose infants survived. High-ranking mothers of surviving infants had significantly shorter birth intervals than comparable low-ranking mothers, independent of maternal age. This occurred mainly because the interval from resumption of cycling to conception was significantly shorter for high-vs. low-ranking females. Dominance rank did not influence sex ratio at birth, infant survival in the first 2 years, or adult female mortality. Age was also significantly related to interbirth intervals, with older females having shorter intervals. Primiparous females had consistently longer reproductive intervals than did multiparous females, but this difference reached statistical significance only for females whose infants died before the next conception. Primiparous females also experienced significantly higher infant mortality. Data on body size and estrous cycle length indicated no differences between high- and low-ranking females. Nutritional and stress-related mechanisms that may underlie the reproductive advantages of high rank are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Companyen_US
dc.subject.otherLife and Medical Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherAnthropologyen_US
dc.titleReproduction in wild female olive baboonsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Psychology and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; Department of Psychology and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1346en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherNeuropsychology and Psychobiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlandsen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38425/1/1350190405_ftp.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350190405en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Journal of Primatologyen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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