Social and menstrual cycle phase influences on the behavior of group‐housedCebus apella
作者:
G. S. Linn,
D. Mase,
D. Lafrancois,
R. T. O'Keeffe,
K. Lifshitz,
期刊:
American Journal of Primatology
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 1
页码: 41-57
ISSN:0275-2565
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1002/ajp.1350350105
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: Cebus apella;menstrual cycle;sexual behavior;reproductive competition;dominance rank
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis study examined sexual and other social behavior in relation to menstrual cycle phase in four mixed‐sex social groups ofCebus apella. Groups consisted of two adult males and either six or nine adult females. Menstrual cycles of high (rank 1–2) and low (rank 3–7) dominance‐rank females from each group were monitored via vaginal swabs, and correlated with data collected from ongoing behavioral observations. Only cycles bounded by positive detection of menstrual blood were included in this analysis (n = 15 females, 182 cycles; mean ± s.d., cycle length = 20.8 ± 1.2 days). Rates of copulation and female solicitation of males varied significantly with cycle phase, with highest rates at midcycle. While total rates of solicitation and copulation did not vary with female dominance rank, copulation rates with the dominant male were significantly greater for high ranking females than for low ranking ones. Variance observed in affiliative and agonistic behaviors, including those with males, was attributable to female rank rather than cycle phase. Females and males were also observed attempting to interfere with copulations of lower ranking same‐sex individuals. Although further study, particularly of wild populations, is needed, these results indicate that female‐female reproductive competition should be included as a component of the capuchin breeding system. As in other primate species, both social and hormone‐related factors influence the sexual behavior ofCebus apella. © 1995
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