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Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons: Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives

This volume brings together current research on the behavior, ecology, reproduction, and life history - and the interrelations among these variables - of baboons of the genus Papio. Baboons, found throughout Africa and into Arabia, represent one of the best-known primate lineages, renowned for their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Swedell, Larissa (Editor ), Leigh, Steven R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons
  • Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons
  • Reproductive Behavior and Mating Strategies
  • Infant Mortality, Paternity Certainty, and Female Reproductive Strategies in Hamadryas Baboons
  • Female Behavioral Strategies of Hybrid Baboons in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia
  • Hybrid Baboons and the Origins of the Hamadryas Male Reproductive Strategy
  • The Social and Ecological Flexibility of Guinea Baboons: Implications for Guinea Baboon Social Organization and Male Strategies
  • Social Organization, Reproductive Systems, and Mediation of Baboon Endogenous Virus (BaEV) Copy Number in Gelada, Hamadryas, and Other Papio Baboons
  • Life History, Development, and Parenting Strategies
  • Reproduction, Mortality, and Female Reproductive Success in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
  • Maternal Characteristics and Offspring Growth in Chacma Baboons: A Life History Perspective
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? Maternal Investment, Developmental Trajectories, and Life History Strategies in Baboons
  • Ontogeny, Life History, and Maternal Investment in Baboons
  • Testicular Size, Developmental Trajectories, and Male Life History Strategies in Four Baboon Taxa
  • The Evolutionary Past and the Research Future: Environmental Variation and Life History Flexibility in a Primate Lineage.