Female Copulation Calls in Guinea Baboons: Evidence for Postcopulatory Female Choice?

Maestripieri, Dario; Leoni, Marco; Raza, Sania S.; Hirsch, Elizabeth J.; Whitham, Jessica C.

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“…The results of this study are consistent with preliminary field studies of wild Guinea baboons [Dunbar and Nathan, 1972;Galat-Luong et al, in press] and previous studies of this captive colony [Boese, 1975;Maestripieri et al, 2005] in suggesting that Guinea baboons have a harem-based mating system similar to that of hamadryas and gelada baboons. Specifically, in our captive group of 11 adult males and 23 adult females, some males copulated with a single female while others had harems of 2-4 females (see also the study by Maestripieri et al [2005], in which maximum har em size was 5 females).…”

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“…Specifically, in our captive group of 11 adult males and 23 adult females, some males copulated with a single female while others had harems of 2-4 females (see also the study by Maestripieri et al [2005], in which maximum har em size was 5 females). In this study, all females copulated with only 1 male (with the exception of 1 female who switched harems) while in a previous study of the same group we reported that about one third of the females copulated with 2 males [Maestripieri et al, 2005]. In the first study, however, more females switched harems than in the second study.…”

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“…Preliminary field studies have suggested that, similar to the hamadryas and the gelada baboons, Guinea baboons travel (or aggregate at sleeping sites) in bands or herds of hundreds of individuals, while most of their affiliative and reproductive activities appear to be concentrated in smaller, male-centered units [De Keyser, 1956, cited by Boese, 1975Bert et al, 1967;Dunbar and Nathan, 1972;Byrne, 1981;Anderson and McGrew, 1984;Galat-Luong et al, in press]. Behavioral studies in captivity, primarily involving the colony of Guinea baboons at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, have shown that adult males maintain 'harems' of 2-5 females with which they mate, and that most females within the group copulate with only 1 or 2 males [Boese, 1975;Anthoney, 1975;Maestripieri et al, 2005]. However, the extent to which these mating units also correspond to social units is largely unknown.…”

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One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons

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Little is known about the mating system and social organization of Guinea baboons. This study investigated whether Guinea baboons have a harem-based mating system similar to that of hamadryas and gelada baboons and whether one-male mating units also correspond to social units. Ten adult females in a captive multi-male multi-female group of Guinea baboons were focally observed 2 h per week for 12 weeks, and all observed copulations within the group were recorded. Some males copulated with a single female while others had harems of 2–4 females. All females copulated with a single male except 1 female that switched harems early in the study. The focal females had higher rates of social interaction with their harem members, especially their harem male, than with individuals outside the harem. Females appeared to be subordinate to the harem male but little or no physical aggression or herding behavior from the male was observed. Variation in female social interactions within the harem was not accounted for by their sexual interactions with the male or their genetic relatedness with the females. Females, however, appeared to maintain social relationships with their female relatives in other harems. Taken together, the results of this study show that both mating and affiliative interactions in Guinea baboons are concentrated within one-male units and that the social dynamics within and between these units share some similarities as well as differences with those of hamadryas and gelada baboons.

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One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons

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“…In some baboon populations (Papio spp.) as well, highranking males have high consortship and/or mating success (Packer, 1979;Sapolsky, 1983;Bulger and Hamilton, 1988;Bulger, 1993;Weingrill et al, 2000;Maestripieri et al, 2005but see Strum, 1982Smuts, 1985;Alberts et al, 2003) and greater reproductive success than other males (Altmann et al, 1996;Alberts et al, 2006). However, in such species, high-ranking males do not typically lose agonistically many times to lower-ranked males, as do L. catta males when a female is sexually receptivenor do lower-ranking males of these species commonly experience the ephemeral rises in dominance status that often only last long enough to allow a single copulation to occur.…”

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Dominance rank reversals and rank instability among male Lemur catta: The effects of female behavior and ejaculation

Parga

2008

American J Phys Anthropol

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In this study, dominance rank instability among male Lemur catta during mating was investigated. Also, data on agonism and sexual behavior across five consecutive mating seasons in a population of L. catta on St. Catherines Island, USA, were collected. Instances of male rank instability were categorized into three types. Type 1 consisted of a temporary switch in the dominance ranks of two males, which lasted for a period of minutes or hours. Type 2 dyadic male agonistic interactions showed highly variable outcomes for a period of time during which wins and losses were neither predictable nor consistent. Type 3 interactions consisted of a single agonistic win by a lower-ranked male over a more dominant male. More Type 2 interactions (indicating greater dominance instability) occurred when males had not spent the previous mating season in the same group, but this trend was not statistically significant. The majority of periods of male rank instability were preceded by female proceptivity or receptivity directed to a lower-ranked male. As such, exhibition of female mate choice for a lower-ranking male appeared to incite male-male competition. Following receipt of female proceptivity or receptivity, males who were lower-ranking took significantly longer to achieve their first agonistic win over a more dominant male than did males who were higher-ranked. Ejaculation frequently preceded loss of dominance. In conclusion, temporary rank reversals and overall dominance rank instability commonly occur among male L. catta in mating contexts, and these temporary increases in dominance status appear to positively affect male mating success.

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“…skin colour and sexual swellings) [14][15][16], auditory signals (e.g. human voice and copulation calls) [17][18][19], and olfactory cues (e.g. female body odours and vaginal secretions) [20][21][22].…”

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Multimodal signalling of ovulation in human and non-human primates

Rigaill

2014

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Communication in primates is based on multiple elements of signals, often expressed in different modalities. While some individual primate signals are relatively well described for a particular cue (e.g. copulation calls, sexual swellings) or for one specific dimension of a signal (e.g. the size of sexual swellings), few studies have simultaneously investigated the role of multiple signals and cues in the same communicative context. This paper reviews comparative evidence on primate sexual communication, specifically concerning multimodal sexual signalling of ovulation and mating strategies. A comparison is made across primate species, including humans, of the characteristics of different female sexual cues and signals (behavioural, visual, auditory and olfactory) and of their potential roles in the discrimination of the timing of ovulation. The possible selective reasons for such multimodal signalling are discussed.Résumé La communication chez les primates est basée sur de multiples éléments de signaux, souvent exprimés via différentes modalités. Alors que certains signaux (e.g. cris de copulation, gonflement sexuel) ou certaines composantes particulières d'un signal (e.g. la taille du gonflement sexuel) ont été relativement bien décrits, peu d'études ont simultané-ment analysé le rôle de multiples signaux dans un même contexte de communication. Cette revue présente des données comparatives relatives à la communication sexuelle chez les primates et concernant la signalisation multimodale de l'ovulation et les stratégies reproductives. Je compare les caractéristiques des différents indices et signaux sexuels des femelles (comportementaux, visuels, auditifs et olfactifs) chez différentes espèces de primates dont l'Homme, et leurs rôles potentiels dans la détermination du moment de l'ovulation. Les possibles raisons sélectives expliquant une telle signalisation multimodale sont discutées.

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Female Copulation Calls in Guinea Baboons: Evidence for Postcopulatory Female Choice?

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One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons

One-Male Harems and Female Social Dynamics in Guinea Baboons

Dominance rank reversals and rank instability among male Lemur catta: The effects of female behavior and ejaculation

Multimodal signalling of ovulation in human and non-human primates

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