Social relations between fathers and offspring in a captive group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Berenstain, Leo; Rodman, Peter S.; Smith, David Glenn

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(81)80058-9

Cited by 38 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Kin recognition has been reported for a number of species (GREENBERG, 1979;WALDMAN, 1981 ;BATESON, 1982) including pig-tailed (Wu et al, 1980) and rhesus macaques (SMALL • SMITH, 1981 ;BERENSTAIN et al, 1981). BERENSTAIN et al (1981) found that adult male rhesus macaques and their offspring associated more often than did unrelated male-immature dyads. The associations resulted from the offspring preferentially approaching their fathers, and there was no evidence of active male preference for immatures.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

Hill

1986

Primates

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ABSTRACT. Social relationships of adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were studied over a period of 14 months. Sixteen focal males were chosen from a single group in the Cayo Santiago colony, Puerto Rico. Immatures were defined as infants, yearlings and 2-year-olds. There was a tendency for males to spend more time in proximity to immatures in the birth seasons than in the mating season. Time spent in proximity to immatures was correlated with male dominance rank. Several male-immature dyads had persistent relationships and nine were apparent throughout the study period. Most of the latter involved the top-ranking males. There were no consistent effects of sex or rank of the immature on the distribution of persistent relationships. In almost all male-immature dyads the immature was primarily responsible for maintaining proximity. Two ways were found in which immatures could benefit from these relationships. Protection and agonistic aiding of immatures by adult males were rare, but occurred exclusively in dyads with persistent relationships. In addition, immatures apparently gained greater access to food resources as a result of their relationships with adult males. There was no clear evidence of adult males benefiting from these relationships.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

Hill

1986

Primates

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…LINDBtJRC (1969) found that females copulate with new males shortly after troop entry, and NEVILLE (1968) reported that female rhesus macaques in India were attracted to extratroop males during the mating season. Longitudinal data on paternity from a captive group of rhesus macaques revealed that about 80~ of females had different sires across consecutive years (BERENSTAIN et al, 1981), and paternity data from Japanese macaques revealed that females tend to produce offspring sired by different males across consecutive years (INOtJE et al, 1992). KAUFMANN (1965) found that male-female consortships in rhesus macaques rarely persisted across years, and Japanese macaque females tend to prefer mating with unfamiliar males (TAKAHATA, 1982;WOLFE, 1986;HUF~MAN, 1991).…”

Section: Female Choice and Male Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive strategies of rhesus macaques

Bercovitch

1997

Primates

112

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ABSTRACT. Reproductive strategies incorporate a multitude of mechanisms that have evolved to promote the reproductive success of individuals. Evolutionary perspectives tend to emphasize the advantages of male-male competition and female choice as mediators of differential reproduction. Male rhesus macaques have not been observed to fight for access to sexually receptive females, although they suffer more wounds during the mating season. An increased likelihood of attacks appears to coincide with male troop entry. Males who spend more time in consort and mate with more females tend to sire more offspring. Genetic analysis of paternity has pinpointed age and endurance rivalry, rather than agonistic competition, as key variables associated with variation in progeny production. Female rhesus macaques often copulate with multiple males during their ovulatory period, and tend to conceive on the first cycle of the mating season. Female reproductive success is more likely to be a function of offspring survivorship than the identity of particular male partners. The role of female choice as a direct mediator of male reproductive success is unresolved, but female mate selection seems to indirectly affect male reproductive success because female preference for mating with novel males seems to foster male dispersal. Evaluating whether mating preferences for particular male phenotypes affects female reproductive success is a task for the future. A common denominator to the reproductive strategies of both female and male rhesus macaques is that feeding patterns affect body condition which influences reproductive output and regulates relative reproductive success.

show abstract

“…Inferring paternity from blood protein markers, a study including only four males in a captive group showed a small paternity effect in rhesus macaques, whereby infants selectively initiated associations with their fathers (Berenstain et al . ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

The impact of paternity on male–infant association in a primate with low paternity certainty

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In multi-male groups where females mate promiscuously, male-infant associations have rarely been studied. However, recent studies have shown that males selectively support their offspring during agonistic conflicts with other juveniles and that father’s presence accelerates offspring maturation. Furthermore, it was shown that males invest in unrelated infants to enhance future mating success with the infant’s mother. Hence, infant care might provide fitness gain for males. Here we investigate male-infant associations in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), a primate with low paternity certainty as females mate with multiple partners and males ensure paternity less efficiently through mate-guarding. We combined behavioral data with genetic paternity analyses of one cohort of the semifree-ranging population of Cayo Santiago (Puerto Rico) and recorded affiliative and aggressive interactions between focal subjects and adult males from birth to sexual maturation (0–4 years) of focal subjects. Our results revealed, that 9.6% of all interactions of focal subjects involved an adult male and 94% of all male-infant interactions were affiliative, indicating the rareness of male-infant aggression. Second and most interestingly, sires were more likely to affiliate with their offspring than non-sires with unrelated infants. This preference was independent of mother’s proximity and emphasized during early infancy. Male-infant affiliation rose with infant age and was pronounced between adult males and male rather than female focal subjects. Overall our results suggest that male-infant affiliation are also an important component in structuring primate societies and affiliation directed towards own offspring presumably represent low cost paternal care.

show abstract

Social relations between fathers and offspring in a captive group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

Reproductive strategies of rhesus macaques

The impact of paternity on male–infant association in a primate with low paternity certainty

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About