Costs of reproduction in a long-lived female primate: Injury risk and wound healing

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1183-1193

  Archie, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Altmann, Jeanne ^b,c,d   Alberts, Susan C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ecoimmunology; Lactation; Reproductive effort; Social status

Indexed keywords

AGING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84902546276     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1729-4     Document Type: Article

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