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- Influence
Baboon mothers and infants
- J. Altmann
- Psychology
- 1980
When it was originally released in 1980, Jeanne Altmann's book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and… Expand
Social Bonds of Female Baboons Enhance Infant Survival
- J. Silk, S. Alberts, J. Altmann
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 14 November 2003
Among nonhuman primates, females often form strong bonds with kin and other group members. These relationships are thought to have adaptive value for females, but direct effects of sociality on… Expand
Queuing and queue-jumping: long-term patterns of reproductive skew in male savannah baboons, Papio cynocephalus
- S. Alberts, H. E. Watts, J. Altmann
- Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 April 2003
In many animals, variance in male mating success is strongly correlated with male dominance rank or some other measure of fighting ability. Studies in primates, however, have varied greatly in… Expand
Social relationships among adult female baboons (Papio cynocephalus) II. Variation in the quality and stability of social bonds
- J. Silk, S. Alberts, J. Altmann
- Biology
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 13 September 2006
A growing body of evidence suggests that social bonds have adaptive value for animals that live in social groups. Although these findings suggest that natural selection may favor the ability to… Expand
Social relationships among adult female baboons (papio cynocephalus) I. Variation in the strength of social bonds
- J. Silk, J. Altmann, S. Alberts
- Biology
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 31 August 2006
Sociality has positive effects on female fitness in many mammalian species. Among female baboons, those who are most socially integrated reproduce most successfully. Here we test a number of… Expand
Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.
- J. Altmann, S. Alberts, +10 authors M. Bruford
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 11 June 1996
The predictability of genetic structure from social structure and differential mating success was tested in wild baboons. Baboon populations are subdivided into cohesive social groups that include… Expand
Mate guarding constrains foraging activity of male baboons
- S. Alberts, J. Altmann, M. Wilson
- Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 June 1996
For many species, mate guarding results in dramatic departures from normal behaviour that reflect compromised attention to feeding and other activities. Such departures have previously been diYcult… Expand
True paternal care in a multi-male primate society
- J. C. Buchan, S. Alberts, J. Silk, J. Altmann
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 11 September 2003
Although male parental care is rare among mammals, adult males of many cercopithecine primate species provide care for infants and juveniles. This care is often in the form of grooming, carrying,… Expand
Life at the Top: Rank and Stress in Wild Male Baboons
- L. Gesquiere, Niki H. Learn, M. C. Simao, P. O. Onyango, S. Alberts, J. Altmann
- Medicine
- Science
- 15 July 2011
Alpha males have higher stress levels than beta males in a wild baboon society. In social hierarchies, dominant individuals experience reproductive and health benefits, but the costs of social… Expand
Costs of maternal care: infant-carrying in baboons
- J. Altmann, A. Samuels
- Biology
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- 1 February 1992
SummaryInfant-carrying, the most costly form of primate parental care other than lactation, was investigated in savannah baboons of Amboseli, Kenya. Measurements of physical growth, counts and length… Expand