| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Developments in primatology : progress and prospects, 1574-3489 |
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Developments in primatology.
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| Contents |
Perspectives on reproduction and life history in baboons / Larissa Swedell & Steven R. Leigh -- Infant mortality, paternity certainty, and female reproductive strategies in hamadryas baboons / Larissa Swedell & Julian Saunders -- Female behavioral strategies of hybrid baboons in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia / Jacinta C. Beehner & Thore J. Bergman -- Hybrid baboons and the origins of the hamadryas male reproductive strategy / Thore J. Bergman -- The social and ecological flexibility of Guinea baboons : implications for Guinea baboon social organization and male strategies / Anh Galat-Luong, Gérard Galat & Suzanne Hagell -- Social organization, reproductive systems, and mediation of baboon endogenous virus (BaEV) copy number in gelada, hamadryas, and other Papio baboons / Monica Uddin, Jane E. Phillips-Conroy & Clifford J. Jolly |
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Reproduction, mortality, and female reproductive success in chacma baboons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana / Dorothy L. Cheney [and others] -- Maternal characteristics and offspring growth in chacma baboons : a life-history perspective / Sara E. Johnson -- Whose life is it anyway? Maternal investment, developmental trajectories, and life history strategies in baboons / Louise Barrett, S. Peter Henzi & John E. Lycett -- Ontogeny, life history, and maternal investment in baboons / Steven R. Leigh & Robin M. Bernstein -- Testicular size, developmental trajectories, and male life history strategies in four baboon taxa / Clifford J. Jolly & Jane E. Phillips-Conroy -- The evolutionary past and the research future : environmental variation and life history flexibility in a primate lineage / Susan C. Alberts & Jeanne Altmann |
| Summary |
Addresses the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. By synthesizing studies of reproduction, life history, growth, parenting, ecology, mate choice, and mating success, this volume sheds light on general features of life history traits |
| Analysis |
Baboons Behavior |
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Baboons Reproduction |
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Fortpflanzung ; SWD-ID: 40179825 |
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Parental behavior in animals |
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Pavian ; SWD-ID: 41735857 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Baboons -- Sexual behavior
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Baboons -- Reproduction
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Animals
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Papio -- physiology
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Reproduction
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Sexual Behavior, Animal
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Social Behavior
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Primates.
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Papio -- physiology.
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Reproduction.
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Sexual Behavior, Animal.
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Social Behavior.
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Baboons -- Sexual behavior.
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Baboons -- Reproduction.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Sexual behavior in animals
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Fortpflanzung.
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Pavian.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swedell, Larissa.
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Leigh, Steven R., 1958-
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| LC no. |
2005937077 |
| ISBN |
0387306889 |
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9780387306889 |
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9780387336749 |
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0387336745 |
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6611349596 |
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9786611349592 |
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