Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate.

ABSTRACT: Most mammals live in social groups in which members form differentiated social relationships. Individuals may vary in their degree of sociality, and this variation can be associated with differential fitness. In some species, for example, female sociality has a positive effect on infant survival. However, investigations of such cases are still rare, and no previous study has considered how male infanticide might constrain effects of female sociality on infant survival. Infanticide is part of the male reproductive strategy in many mammals, and it has the potential to override, or even reverse, effects of female reproductive strategies, including sociality. Therefore, we investigated the relationships between female sociality, offspring survival, and infanticide risk in wild white-faced capu

SUBMITTER: Kalbitzer U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338379 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature