Abstract:Data on social and spatial behavior from a sample of 21 female pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrt'na) were analyzed to identify behavioral correlates which could be used to predict reproductive success, problem pregnancies, and adult female mortality in a primate breeding colony in the subsequent year. Two spatial measures of sociability, amount'of time and number of other individuals involved in sitting associations, were found to be related to future adult and infant survivorship.With the rising interest in t… Show more
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