Tradeoffs between mating effort and parenting effort in a polygynandrous mammal.

ABSTRACT: Reproductive strategies are defined by expenditures of time and energy devoted to mating effort, which increases mating opportunities, and parenting effort, which enhances the survival of offspring. We examine tradeoffs between mating effort and parenting effort in male olive baboons, Papio anubis, a species in which males compete for mating opportunities, but also form ties to lactating females (primary associations) that represent a form of parenting effort. Males that are involved in more primary associations invest less in mating effort than males who are involved in fewer primary associations. Males that are involved in more primary associations play a smaller role in establishing proximity to their primary associates than other males, suggesting that males operate under tempor

SUBMITTER: Hawley CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10391602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature