The evolution of infanticide by males in mammalian societies

D Lukas, E Huchard - Science, 2014 - science.org
Male mammals often kill conspecific offspring. The benefits of such infanticide to males, and
its costs to females, probably vary across mammalian social and mating systems. We used …

The evolution of infanticide by females in mammals

D Lukas, E Huchard - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In most mammalian species, females regularly interact with kin, which is expected to reduce
aggressive competitive behaviour among females. It may thus be difficult to understand why …

The feeding ecology and activity budget of proboscis monkeys

I Matsuda, A Tuuga, S Higashi - American Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A group of proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) consisting of an alpha‐male, six adult
females, and several immatures was observed from May 2005–2006. We collected over …

Social dynamics of the golden snub‐nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana): female transfer and one‐male unit succession

XG Qi, BG Li, PA Garber, W Ji… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Among primates that form multilevel societies, understanding factors and mechanisms
associated with the movement of individuals between groups, clans, and one‐male social …

Effects of water level on sleeping-site selection and inter-group association in proboscis monkeys: why do they sleep alone inland on flooded days?

I Matsuda, A Tuuga, S Higashi - Ecological Research, 2010 - Springer
A one-male group (BE-Group) of proboscis monkeys was studied along the Menanggul
River, a tributary of the Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia, from May 2005 to 2006. It has …

Regurgitation and remastication in the foregut-fermenting proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

I Matsuda, T Murai, M Clauss, T Yamada… - Biology …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although foregut fermentation is often equated with rumination in the literature, functional
ruminants (ruminants, camelids) differ fundamentally from non-ruminant foregut fermenters …

Faecal particle size in free-ranging primates supports a 'rumination' strategy in the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

I Matsuda, A Tuuga, C Hashimoto, H Bernard… - Oecologia, 2014 - Springer
In mammalian herbivores, faecal particle size indicates chewing efficiency. Proboscis
monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) are foregut fermenters in which regurgitation and remastication …

A decade of proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) population monitoring in Balikpapan Bay: Confronting predictions with empirical data

T Toulec, S Lhota, K Scott, AKS Putera… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Systematic and well‐structured monitoring is essential for taxa with high extinction risk such
as primates. Endangered proboscis monkeys Nasalis larvatus are endemic to Borneo …

Nasalization by Nasalis larvatus: Larger noses audiovisually advertise conspecifics in proboscis monkeys

H Koda, T Murai, A Tuuga, B Goossens… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Male proboscis monkeys have uniquely enlarged noses that are prominent adornments,
which may have evolved through their sexually competitive harem group social system …

The adaptive value of secondary males in the polygynous multi‐level society of hamadryas baboons

S Chowdhury, M Pines, J Saunders… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives One‐male social systems are usually characterized by polygyny and
reproductive exclusion by a single resident male. Sometimes, however, secondary males …