Terminal investment and senescence in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 972-978

  Hoffman, Christy L ^a,b   Higham, James P ^b   Mas Rivera, Adaris ^c   Ayala, James E ^c   Maestripieri, Dario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

aging; life history; maternal investment; offspring fitness; reproductive senescence; rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOMETRY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

CAYO SANTIAGO; PUERTO RICO;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77955867247     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq098     Document Type: Article

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