Developmental constraints in a wild primate

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 809-821

  Lea, Amanda J ^a   Altmann, Jeanne ^b,c   Alberts, Susan C ^a,c   Tung, Jenny ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d Department of Evolutionary Anthropology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amboseli baboons; Developmental constraints; Developmental plasticity; Early life effects; Predictive adaptive response; Social buffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; KENYA; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84964554996     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681016     Document Type: Article

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