Abortion following the immigration of an adult male baboon (Papio cynocephalus)
作者:
Michael E. Pereira,
期刊:
American Journal of Primatology
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 1
页码: 93-98
ISSN:0275-2565
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1002/ajp.1350040109
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: Baboon;abortion;immigration;infant‐killing;reproductive tactic
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThree abortions and the death of a vigorous infant occurred in a baboon (Papio cynocephalus) group in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, within the two weeks following the immigration of an aggressive adult male. The immigrant male attained top‐ranking dominance status in the group prior to these events. Circumstantial observations suggest that the reproductive losses were related to persistent intense aggression from the immigrant adult male. In the past ten years, only three other miscarriages have occurred in Amboseli. Inducement of abortion is discussed as a reproductive tactic that may be available to males of mammalian species whose life histories favor the evolution of infant‐killing by ma
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