Progesterone levels in seasonally breeding, free-ranging male Macaca thibetana

Xia, Dong-Po; Wang, Xi; Zhang, Qi-Xin; Sun, Binghua; Sun, Lixing; Sheeran, Lori K.; Li, Jinhua

doi:10.1007/s13364-017-0342-0

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“…This may be why males engage in less sexual interference when copulations occur in the non-mating season because fertilization of females is unlikely. In addition, although sexual activity also occurs during the non-mating season, adult males’ testosterone concentrations decrease significantly during the non-mating season, which may also reduce male sexual interference during the non-mating season [ 59 , 60 , 61 ].…”

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Sexual Interference Behaviors in Male Adult and Subadult Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Pang

Rowe

Sheeran

et al. 2021

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Male nonhuman primate sexual interference, which includes copulation interruption and copulation harassment, has been related to reproductive success, but its significance has been challenging to test. Copulation interruption results in the termination of a copulation before ejaculation, whereas copulation harassment does not. We conducted this study using the all-occurrence behavior sampling method on sexual interference behaviors of seven adult and four subadult male Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) in mating and non-mating seasons at Mt. Huangshan, China, from August 2016 to May 2017. Our results showed that males’ individual proportion of copulation interruption and harassment was higher during the mating season than during the non-mating season. In addition, dominant males more often performed interruption, whereas subordinate males more often performed harassment. We found no difference in the individual proportion of copulation interruption or harassment between adult and subadult males. Adult and subadult males both directed copulation interruption and harassment more often toward the mating male than toward the mating female. Lastly, the post-ejaculation phase of copulation was shorter when copulation harassment occurred than when it did not. Our results suggest that sexual interference may be an important mating tactic that adult and subadult males use in male–male sexual competition.

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Sexual Interference Behaviors in Male Adult and Subadult Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

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Sheeran

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“…Illustrating the importance of timing on developmental plasticity in ovarian function, those women who migrated earliest in development displayed the highest salivary progesterone levels and experienced the earliest age of menarche (Núñez‐de la Mora et al, 2007a ). Supporting evidence is available from several species of NHPs, demonstrating the impact of a broader range of early‐life socioecological variables (e.g., maternal dominance rank, natal dispersal) on adult progesterone levels and variation in female reproductive function (Gesquiere et al, 2005 ; Onyango et al, 2013 ; Sousa & Ziegler, 1998 ; Xia et al, 2018 ).…”

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Minimally invasive biomarkers in human and non‐human primate evolutionary biology: Tools for understanding variation and adaptation

Urlacher

Kim

Luan

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American J Hum Biol

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Background: The use of minimally invasive biomarkers (MIBsphysiological biomarkers obtained from minimally invasive sample types) has expanded rapidly in science and medicine over the past several decades. The MIB approach is a methodological strength in the field of human and non-human primate evolutionary biology (HEB). Among humans and our closest relatives, MIBs provide unique opportunities to document phenotypic variation and to operationalize evolutionary hypotheses.Aims: This paper overviews the use of MIBs in HEB. Our objectives are to (1) highlight key research topics which successfully implement MIBs,(2) identify promising yet under-investigated areas of MIB application, and(3) discuss current challenges in MIB research, with suggestions for advancing the field.

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“…Throughout history, humans have utilized a number of plant hormones to suppress or enhance their reproductive and sexual activity (Lewis and Elvin-Lewis 1977). The reproductive behavior of male and female Tibetan macaques has been studied from a variety of perspectives including endocrinology, behavior, and seasonal variation (e.g., Li et al 2005;Xia et al 2018;Zhao 1993). Tibetan macaques at Mt.…”

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Medicinal Properties in the Diet of Tibetan Macaques at Mt. Huangshan: A Case for Self-Medication

Huffman

Sun

2019

The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque

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Life history strategies include growth, maintenance, and reproduction (Gadgil and Bossert 1970), all of which are dependent upon a proper diet for metabolic functions. Animal feeding strategies are based on finding and consuming a balance of the most essential nutritional elements, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, trace elements, and vitamins, while at the same time avoiding the negative impacts of secondary metabolites in plants (Lambert 2011; Simpson et al. 2004). These secondary metabolites protect plants from predation by an array of insect and vertebrate herbivores that prey upon them by reducing palatability and digestibility (Freeland and Janzen 1974; Glander 1982; Rosenthal and Berenbaum 1992). Nonetheless, this does not always inhibit animals from ingesting such plants in tolerable amounts for purposes other than nutrition. The idea that animals may ingest plants for their medicinal value was first suggested by Janzen (1978), based on a variety of anecdotal reports from the wild. The study of primate self-medication then began in earnest as a scientific discipline in the mid-to-late 1980s with observations of chimpanzees in the wild (see Huffman 2015). Nonetheless, it is widely documented that humans have traditionally seen animals as a source of knowledge about the use of plants for their medicinal value

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Progesterone levels in seasonally breeding, free-ranging male Macaca thibetana

Cited by 5 publications

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Sexual Interference Behaviors in Male Adult and Subadult Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Sexual Interference Behaviors in Male Adult and Subadult Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

Minimally invasive biomarkers in human and non‐human primate evolutionary biology: Tools for understanding variation and adaptation

Medicinal Properties in the Diet of Tibetan Macaques at Mt. Huangshan: A Case for Self-Medication

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