Factors affecting reproduction in rehabilitant female orangutans: Young age at first birth and short inter-birth interval

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-192

  Kuze, Noko ^a   Dellatore, David ^b   Banes, Graham L ^c,d   Pratje, Peter ^e   Tajima, Tomoyuki ^f   Russon, Anne E ^g  

^a WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sumatran Orangutan Society/Orangutan Information Centre   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Frankfurt Zoological Society   (Germany)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biased birth sex ratio; Infant mortality rate; Orangutans; Provisioning; Rehabilitation; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BORNEO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INDONESIA; ORANG UTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; INDONESIA; PARTURITION; PONGO; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

BORNEO; BUKIT TIGAPULUH NATIONAL PARK; EAST MALAYSIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SEPILOK FOREST RESERVE; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

IBIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

EID: 84859623295     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0285-z     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Abello MT, Colell M (2006) Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity. Int Zoo Yearb 40: 323-340.
2. Anderson HB, Emery Thompson M, Knott CD, Perkins L (2008) Fertility and mortality patterns of captive Bornean and Sumatran orangutans: is there a species difference in life history? J Hum Evol 54: 34-42.
3. Apter DAN, Vihko R (1983) Early menarche, a risk factor for breast cancer, indicates early onset of ovulatory cycles. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 57: 82-86.
4. Barker DJP (1998) Mothers, babies, and health in later life. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
5. Borries C, Koenig A, Winkler P (2001) Variation of life history traits and mating patterns in female langur monkeys (Semnopithecus entellus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 50: 391-402.
6. Brown GR, Silk JB (2002) Reconsidering the null hypothesis: is maternal rank associated with birth sex ratios in primate groups? Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 11252-11255.
7. Charnov EL, Berrigan D (1993) Why do female primates have such long lifespans and so few babies? Or life in the slow lane. Evol Anthropol 1: 191-194.
8. Cocks L (2007) Factors influencing the well-being and longevity of captive female orangutans. Int J Primatol 28: 429-440.
9. Dellatore DF, Waitt CD, Foitova I (2009) Two cases of mother-infant cannibalism in orangutans. Primates 50: 277-281.
10. Dellatore DF, Waitt CD, Foitova I (in preparation) The impact of tourism on the behaviour of rehabilitated orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In: Russon A, Wallis J (eds) Primate-focused tourism. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
11. Emery Thompson M, Kahlenberg SM, Gilby IC, Wrangham RW (2007) Core area quality is associated with variance in reproductive success among female chimpanzees at Kibale National Park. Anim Behav 73: 501-512.
12. Gadgil M, Bossert WH (1970) Life historical consequences of natural selection. Am Nat 104: 1-24.
13. Galdikas BMF (1995) Reflections of Eden. Little Brown, Boston.
14. Galdikas BM, Wood JW (1990) Birth spacing patterns in humans and apes. Am J Phys Anthropol 83: 185-191.
15. Jasienska G, Thune I, Ellison PT (2006) Fatness at birth predicts adult susceptibility to ovarian suppression: an empirical test of the Predictive Adaptive Response hypothesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 12759-12762.
16. Kaplan EL, Meier P (1958) Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J Am Stat Assoc 53: 457-481.
17. Kilbourn A, Karesh W, Wolfe N, Bosi E, Cook R, Andau M (2003) Health evaluation of free-ranging and semi-captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia. J Wildl Dis 39: 73-83.
18. Knott CD (2001) Female reproductive ecology of the apes: implications for human evolution. In: Ellison PT (ed) Reproductive ecology and human evolution. Walter de Gruyter, New York, pp 429-463.
19. Knott CD, Thompson ME, Wich SA (2009) The ecology of female reproduction in wild orangutans. In: Wich SA, Utami SS, Mitra Setia T, van Schaik CP (eds) Orangutans: geographical variation in behavioral ecology and conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 171-188.
20. Kuze N, Sipangkui S, Malim T, Bernard H, Ambu L, Kohshima S (2008) Reproductive parameters over a 37-year period of free-ranging female Borneo orangutans at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. Primates 49: 126-134.
21. Muehlenbein MP, Martinez LA, Lemke AA, Ambu L, Nathan S, Alsisto S, Sakong R (2010) Unhealthy travelers present challenges to sustainable primate ecotourism. Travel Med Infect Dis 8: 169-175.
22. Porton I (2007) Birth control option. In: Sodaro C (ed) Orangutan species survival plan husbandry manual. Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, pp 63-75.
23. Priadjati A, Saragih B (2010) Ecosystem restoration of production forest of PT RHOI: a sustainable and responsible solution for orangutan release area. In: Utami Atmoko SS, Sihite J (eds) Proceeding international workshop on orangutan conservation. The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, The Indonesian Orangutan Forum (FORINA), pp 136-138.
24. R Development Core Team (2005) R: a language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0. http://www. R-project. org.
25. Rijksen HD, Meijaard E (1999) Our vanishing relative: the status of wild orang-utans at the close of the twentieth century. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
26. Russell CL (1995) The social construction of orangutans: an ecotourist experience. Soc Anim 3: 151-170.
27. Russon AE (2002) Return of the native: cognition and site-specific expertise in orangutan rehabilitation. Int J Primatol 23: 461-478.
28. Russon AE (2009) Orangutan rehabilitation and reintroduction: successes, failures, and role in conservation. In: Wich SA, Utami SS, Mitra Setia T, van Schaik CP (eds) Orangutans: geographical variation in behavioral ecology and conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 327-350.
29. Russon A, Handayani D, Kuncoro P, Ferisa A (2007) Orangutan leaf-carrying for nest-building: toward unraveling cultural processes. Anim Cogn 10: 189-202.
30. Singleton I, van Schaik CP (2002) The social organization of a population of Sumatran orang-utans. Folia Primatol 73: 1-20.
31. Soehartono T, Djoko Susilo H, Andayani N, Utami Atmoko SS, Sihite J, Saleh C, Sutrisno A (2009) Orangutan Indonesia: conservation strategies and action plan 2007-2017. Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation, Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia Primate Association (APAPI) and Orangutan Conservation Services Program (OCSP), Bali, Indonesia.
32. Strum SC, Western JD (1982) Variations in fecundity with age and environment in olive baboons (Papio anubis). Am J Primatol 3: 61-76.
33. Sugiyama Y, Ohsawa H (1982) Population dynamics of Japanese monkeys with special reference to the effect of artificial feeding. Folia Primatol 39: 238-263.
34. Tilson R, Seal US, Soemarna K, Ramono W, Sumardja E, Poniran S, van Schaik CP, Leighton M, Rijksen H, Eudey A (eds) (1993) Orangutan population and habitat viability analysis report. Orangutan population and habitat viability analysis workshop, Medan, Indonesia.
35. Trivers RL, Willard DE (1973) Natural selection of parental ability to vary the sex ratio of offspring. Science 179: 90-92.
36. van Noordwijk MA, van Schaik CP (2005) Development of ecological competence in Sumatran orangutans. Am J Phys Anthropol 127: 79-94.
37. van Noordwijk MA, Sauren SEB, Nuzuar, Abulani A, Morrogh-Bernard HC, Utami Atmoko SS, van Schaik CP (2009) Development of independence-Sumatran and Bornean orangutans compared. In: Wich SA, Utami SS, Mitra Setia T, van Schaik CP (eds) Orangutans: geographical variation in behavioral ecology and conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 189-203.
38. Wich SA, Utami-Atmoko SS, Mitra Setia T, Rijksen HD, Schurmann C, van Hooff JA, van Schaik CP (2004) Life history of wild Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii). J Hum Evol 47: 385-398.
39. Wich SA, de Vries H, Ancrenaz M, Perkins L, Shumaker RW, Suzuki A, van Schaik CP (2009) Orangutan life history variation. In: Wich SA, Utami SS, Mitra Setia T, van Schaik CP (eds) Orangutans: geographical variation in behavioral ecology and conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 65-75.
40. Wolfe N, Kilbourn A, Karesh W, Rahman H, Bosi E, Cropp B, Andau M, Spielman A, Gubler D (2001) Sylvatic transmission of arboviruses among Bornean orangutans. Am J Trop Med Hyg 64: 310-316.
41. Wolfe N, Karesh W, Kilbourn A, Cox-Singh J, Bosi E, Rahman H, Prosser A, Singh B, Andau M, Spielman A (2002) The impact of ecological conditions on the prevalence of malaria among orangutans. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2: 97-103.
42. Yeager CP (1997) Orangutan rehabilitation in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia. Conserv Biol 11: 802-805.