Primate Orphans

Botero, María Mercedes

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_2087-1

Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior 2020

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_2087-1

|View full text |Cite

Primate Orphans

María Mercedes Botero¹

Abstract: Change of primary caregiver; Loss of care; Motherless primate Definition A primate orphan is an immature individual who has lost his or her mother as an infant or a juvenile.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2024

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent1

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

Juvenile mortality and sibling replacement: a kin selection approach

Giaimo,

Traulsen

2024

Evolution Letters

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mortality generally is higher around birth and then progressively declines through the juvenile stage. In species where offspring depend upon their parents during maturation, a factor behind this mortality decline could be sibling replacement: offspring sacrifice their survival to benefit future or present siblings as early as possible in order to minimize losses in parental investment. Here, we propose a kin-selection model of sibling replacement. Theoretical analysis of the model and its application to demographic data of mammals suggest that sibling replacement consistently generates a selective incentive for increasing juvenile mortality at early ages when this mortality increment is the result of positive selection for juvenile altruism within the nuclear family. The model highlights how sibling replacement goes beyond optimal allocation of parental resources into dependents and can provoke greater mortality closer to birth also in response to a more favorable ratio of actors to recipients of altruism among siblings.

show abstract

Juvenile mortality and sibling replacement: a kin selection approach

Giaimo,

Traulsen

2024

Evolution Letters

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

hi@scite.ai

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

Primate Orphans

Abstract: Change of primary caregiver; Loss of care; Motherless primate Definition A primate orphan is an immature individual who has lost his or her mother as an infant or a juvenile.

Cited by 1 publication

References 27 publications

Juvenile mortality and sibling replacement: a kin selection approach

Juvenile mortality and sibling replacement: a kin selection approach

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About