作者
India A Schneider-Crease, Anna H Weyher, Benjamin Mubemba, Jason M Kamilar, Megan Petersdorf, Kenneth L Chiou
发表日期
2022/7/1
期刊
Animal Behaviour
卷号
189
页码范围
47-57
出版商
Academic Press
简介
Highlights
  • Kinda baboon female–male bonds persist outside of fertility or infanticide threat.
  • Social bonds did not affect interbirth interval or infant survival and growth.
  • Dominance and affiliative bonds predicted more rapid infant development.
  • Top-partner bonds were the strongest predictors of infant development.
  • Strong maternal bonds with females and males enhanced infant development.
Social relationships are critical components of health and fitness for humans and other animals. For female-philopatric species, affiliative relationships among females (kin and nonkin alike) can influence components of fitness that include individual survival, interbirth interval and offspring survival. Affiliative relationships with males have attracted somewhat less attention, with most studies focusing on female–male relationships as adaptations for infanticide avoidance. Here, we use 8 years of behavioural data on Kinda baboons …
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