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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
This study investigated the relationship between social rank and sex-biased maternal investment in captive Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) using reproductive and behavioural data. High-ranking mothers showed a significantly male-biased secondary sex ratio, spent more time in contact with and carried male infants for longer than female infants. Low-ranking mothers showed no bias in secondary sex ratio nor in the time spent in contact with male and female infants, but carried female infants for longer. No differences were observed in the interbirth intervals following male and female infants nor in the frequency and intensity of aggression received by mothers with male and female infants, either in high-ranking or in low-ranking mothers. These results show that Japanese macaque mothers can adopt flexible and rank-dependent rearing strategies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0015-5713
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 S.Karger, AG, Basel.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Social rank and sex-biased maternal investment in captive japanese macaques: behavioural and reproductive data.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro Studi Etologici, Roma, Italia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article