Consequences of group fission for the patterns of relatedness among rhesus macaques

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3825-3832

  Widdig, A ^a,b,c   Nurnberg P ^d   Bercovitch, F B ^e   Trefilov, A ^f   Berard, J B ^g   Kessler, M J ^h   Schmidtke, J ^f   Streich, W J ⁱ   Krawczak, M ^j  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Group fission; Kinship; Macaca mulatta; Paternity; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33749826334     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03039.x     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Altmann J (1974) Observational study of behavior sampling methods. Behaviour, 49, 227-267.
2. Altmann J, Alberts SC, Haines SA et al. (1996) Behavior predicts genetic structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 93, 5797-5801.
3. Archie EA, Moss CJ, Alberts SC (2006) The ties that bind: genetic relatedness predicts the fission and fusion of social groups in wild African elephants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 273, 513-522.
4. Armitage KB (1987) Social dynamics of mammals: reproductive success, kinship and individual fitness. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2, 279-284.
5. Armitage KB, Schwartz OA (2000) Social enhancement of fitness in yellow-bellied marmots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 97, 12149-12152.
6. Berard JB (1985) Female transfer in free-ranging rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 8, 331-332.
7. Bercovitch FB (1991) Social stratification, social strategies, and reproductive success in primates. Ethology and Sociobiology, 12, 315-333.
8. Bercovitch FB, Widdig A, Trefilov A et al. (2003) A longitudinal study of age-specific reproductive output and body condition among male rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta. Naturwissenschaften, 90, 309-312.
9. Brett RA (1991) The population structure of the naked mole-rat colonies. In: The Biology of the Naked Mole-rat (eds Sherman PW, Jarvis JUM, Alexander RD), pp. 97-136. University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
10. Charpentier M, Peignot P, Hossaert-McKey M, Gimenez O, Setchell JM, Wickings EJ (2005) Constraints on control: factors influencing reproductive success in male mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Behavioral Ecology, 16, 614-623.
11. Charpentier M, Peignot P, Hossaert-McKey M, Wickings EJ (2006) Kin recognition in juvenile mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Animal Behaviour, in press.
12. Chepko-Sade BD, Olivier TJ (1979) Coefficient of genetic relationship and the probability of intragenealogical fission in Macaca mulatta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 5, 263-278.
13. Chepko-Sade BD, Sade DS (1979) Patterns of group splitting within matrilineal kinship groups. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 5, 67-86.
14. Cords M, Rowell TE (1986) Group fission in blue monkey of Kakamega forest, Kenya. Folia Primatologica, 46, 449-456.
15. Côté IM, Poulin R (1994) Parasitism and group size in social animals: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology, 6, 159-165.
16. Couzin ID, Krause J, Franks NR, Levin SA (2005) Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move. Nature, 433, 513-516.
17. Dittus WPJ (1988) Group fission among wild toque macaques as a consequence of female resource competition and environmental stress. Animal Behaviour, 36, 1626-1645.
18. Drickamer LC (1974) A ten-year summary of reproductive data for free-ranging Macaca mulatta. Folia Primatologica, 21, 61-80.
19. Dunbar RIM (1987) Demography and reproduction. In: Primate Societies (eds Smuts BB, Cheney DL, Seyfarth RM, Wrangham RW, Struhsaker TT), pp. 240-249. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
20. Furuya Y (1968) On the fission of troops of Japanese monkeys. I. Five fissions and social changes between 1955 and 1966 in the Gayusan troop. Primates, 9, 323-350.
21. Furuya Y (1969) On the fission of troops of Japanese monkeys. II. General view of troop fissions of Japanese monkeys. Primates, 10, 47-69.
22. Gompper ME, Gittleman JL, Wayne RK (1998) Dispersal, philopatry, and genetic relatedness in a social carnivore: comparing males and females. Molecular Ecology, 7, 157-163.
23. Greenwood PJ (1980) Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals. Animal Behaviour, 28, 1140-1162.
24. Hamilton WD (1964) The genetical evolution of social behaviour I/II. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 7, 1-52.
25. Henzi SP, Lycett JE, Piper SE (1997) Fission and troop size in a mountain baboon population. Animal Behaviour, 53, 525-535.
26. Holekamp KE, Smale L (1995) Rapid change in offspring sex ratio after clan fission in the spotted hyena. American Naturalist, 145, 261-278.
27. Holekamp KE, Ogutu JO, Dublin HT, Frank LG, Smale L (1993) Fission of a spotted hyena clean: consequences of prolonged female absenteeism and causes of female emigration. Ethology, 93, 285-299.
28. Hsu MJ, Lin JF (2001) Troop size and structure in free-ranging Formosan macaques (Macaca cyolopis) at Mt. Longevity, Taiwan. Zoological Studies, 40, 49-60.
29. Hughes C (1998) Integrating molecular techniques with field methods in studies of social behaviour: a revolution results. Ecology, 79, 383-399.
30. Keane B, Dittus WPJ, Melnick DJ (1997) Paternity assessment in wild groups of toque macaques Macaca sinica at Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology, 6, 267-282.
31. Koyama N (1970) Changes in dominance rank and division of a wild Japanese monkey troop in Arashiyama. Primates, 11, 335-390.
32. Krause J, Ruxton G (2002) Living in Groups. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
33. Krawczak M (1999) Statistical inference from DNA evidence. In: A Laboratory Guide to DNA Fingerprinting/Profiling (eds Epplen JT, Lubjuhn T), pp. 229-244. Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel.
34. Kuester J, Paul A (1997) Group fission in Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus) at Affenberg Salem. International Journal of Primatology, 18, 941-966.
35. Lefebvre D, Ménard N, Pierre JS (2003) Modelling the influence of demographic parameters on group structure in social species with dispersal asymmetry and group fission. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53, 402-410.
36. Lukas D, Reynolds V, Boesch C, Vigilant L (2005) To what extent does living in a group mean living with kin? Molecular Ecology, 14, 2181-2196.
37. Malik I, Seth PK, Southwick CH (1985) Group fission in freeranging rhesus monkeys of Tughlaqabad, Northern India. International Journal of Primatology, 6, 411-422.
38. Matocq MD, Laccy EA (2003) Philopatry, kin clusters, and genetic relatedness in a population of woodrats (Neotoma macrotis). Behavioural Ecology, 15, 647-653.
39. Melnick DJ, Kidd KK (1981) Social group fission and paternal relatedness. American Journal of Primatology, 1, 333-334.
40. Melnick DJ, Kidd KK (1983) The genetic consequences of social group fission in a wild population of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 12, 229-236.
41. Melnick DJ, Pearl MC (1987) Cercopithecines in multimale groups: genetic diversity and population structure. In: Primate Societies (eds Smuts BB, Cheney DL, Seyfarth RM, Wrangham RW, Struhsaker TT), pp. 121-134. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
42. Ménard N, Vallet D (1993) Dynamics of fission in a wild Barbary macaque group (Macaca sylvanus). International Journal of Primatology, 14, 479-500.
43. Mills MGL (1990) Kalahari Hyaenas. Unwin-Hyman, London.
44. Missakian EA (1973) The timing of fission among free-ranging rhesus macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 38, 612-624.
45. Nash LT (1976) Troop fission in free-ranging baboons in the Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 44, 63-78.
46. Nürnberg P, Sauermann U, Kayser M et al. (1998) Paternity assessment in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Multilocus DNA fingerprinting and PCR marker typing. American Journal of Primatology, 44, 1-18.
47. Oi T (1988) Sociological study on the troop fission of wild Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata yakui) on Yakushima Island. Primates, 29, 1-19.
48. Okamoto K, Matsumura S (2001) Group fission in moor macaques (Macaca maurus). International Journal of Primatology, 22, 481-493.
49. Pope TR (1990) The reproductive consequences of male cooperation in the red howler monkey: paternity exclusion in multi-male and single-male troops using genetic markers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 27, 439-446.
50. Prud'homme J (1991) Group fission in a semifree-ranging population of Barbary macaques. Primates, 32, 9-22.
51. Pusey AE (1987) Sex-biased dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in birds and mammals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2, 295-299.
52. Rawlins RG, Kessler MJ (eds) (1986) The Cayo Santiago macaques: History, Behavior and Biology. State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
53. de Ruiter JR, Geffen E (1998) Relatedness of matrilines, dispersing males and social groups in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 265, 79-87.
54. van Schaik CP, van Noordwijk MA, de Boer RJ, den Tonkelaar I (1983) The effect of group size on time budgets and social behaviour in wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 13, 173-181.
55. Seth PK, Seth S (1986) Ecology and behavior of rhesus monkeys in India. In: Primate Ecology and Conservation (eds Else JG, Lee PC), Vol. 2, pp. 192-305. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
56. Shao J, Tu D (1996) The Jackknife and Bootstrap. Springer, New York.
57. Silk JB, Short J, Roberts J, Kusnitz J (1991) Gestation length in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). International Journal of Primatology, 14, 95-104.
58. Silk JB, Alberts SC, Altmann J (2006) The effect of kinship on the strength, stability, and quality of social bonds among female baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Manuscript under revision.
59. Smith K (2000) Paternal kin matter: the distribution of social behavior among wild, adult female baboons. Unpublished. PhD Thesis. University of Chicago, Illinois.
60. Smith KL, Alberts SC, Altmann J (2003) Wild female baboons bias their social behaviour towards paternal half-sisters. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 270, 503-510.
61. Soltis J, Thomsen R, Takenaka O (2001) The interaction of male and female reproductive strategies and paternity in wild Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata. Animal Behaviour, 62, 485-494.
62. Southwick CH, Yongzu Z, Haisheng J, Zhenhe L, Wenyuan Q (1996) Population ecology of rhesus macaques in tropical and temperate habitats in China. In: Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies (eds Fa JE, Lindburg DG), pp. 95-105. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
63. Strier K (2004) The impact of patrilineal kinship on behavior. In: Kinship and Behaviour in Primates (eds Chapais B, Berman CM), pp. 177-199. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
64. Wahaj SA, van Horn RC, van Horn TL et al. (2004) Kin discrimination in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta): nepotism among siblings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56, 237-247.
65. Waterman JM (2002) Delayed maturity, group fission and the limits of group size in female Cape ground squirrels (Sciuridae: Xerus inauris). Journal of Zoology, 256, 113-120.
66. Widdig A (2002) Paternal kinship among adult female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). PhD thesis, Humboldt University, Berlin. http://edoc.hu- berlin.de/dissertationen/widdig-anja-2002-07-17/.
67. Widdig A, Nürnberg P, Krawczak M, Streich WJ, Bercovitch FB (2001) Paternal relatedness and age proximity regulate social relationships among adult female rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 98, 13769-13773.
68. Widdig A, Nürnberg P, Krawczak M, Streich WJ, Bercovitch FB (2002) Affiliation and aggression among adult female rhesus macaques: a genetic analysis of paternal cohorts. Behaviour, 139, 371-391.
69. Widdig A, Bercovitch FB, Streich WJ, Nürnberg P, Krawczak M (2004) A longitudinal analysis of reproductive skew in male rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 271, 819-826.
70. Widdig A, Bercovitch FB, Nürnberg P, Krawczak M, Streich WJ (2006) Is there paternal kin bias in agonistic interventions of adult female rhesus macaques? Manuscript under revision.