Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons: Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Swedell, Larissa (Editor), Leigh, Steven R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Veterinary medicine.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Veterinary Medicine.

This volume brings together current research on the behavior, ecology, reproduction, and life history - and the interrelations among these variables - of baboons of the genus Papio. Baboons, found throughout Africa and into Arabia, represent one of the best-known primate lineages, renowned for their...

Table of Contents:

• Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons
• Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons
• Reproductive Behavior and Mating Strategies
• Infant Mortality, Paternity Certainty, and Female Reproductive Strategies in Hamadryas Baboons
• Female Behavioral Strategies of Hybrid Baboons in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia
• Hybrid Baboons and the Origins of the Hamadryas Male Reproductive Strategy
• The Social and Ecological Flexibility of Guinea Baboons: Implications for Guinea Baboon Social Organization and Male Strategies
• Social Organization, Reproductive Systems, and Mediation of Baboon Endogenous Virus (BaEV) Copy Number in Gelada, Hamadryas, and Other Papio Baboons
• Life History, Development, and Parenting Strategies
• Reproduction, Mortality, and Female Reproductive Success in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
• Maternal Characteristics and Offspring Growth in Chacma Baboons: A Life History Perspective
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? Maternal Investment, Developmental Trajectories, and Life History Strategies in Baboons
• Ontogeny, Life History, and Maternal Investment in Baboons
• Testicular Size, Developmental Trajectories, and Male Life History Strategies in Four Baboon Taxa
• The Evolutionary Past and the Research Future: Environmental Variation and Life History Flexibility in a Primate Lineage.