Paternalistic Behavior in Four Species of Macaques

Brandt, E. M.; Irons, Rebecca; Mitchell, G.

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“…In macaque life history, as in this study, many fathers remained part of the social group during the early stages of infant development. While fathers are not thought to play as large a role in macaque development as mothers, and exhibit little paternal behavior (Brandt, Irons, & Mitchell, ), it is possible that even minimal interactions with the father affect infant development. Several studies have demonstrated that, though adult male macaques interact relatively little with infants or young juveniles, they spend more time with their own offspring than with non‐offspring, and these interactions tend to be affiliative (Langos, Kulik, Mundry, & Widdig, ; Suomi, ).…”

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Paternal line effects of early experiences persist across three generations in rhesus macaques

Kinnally

Gonzalez

Capitanio

2018

Developmental Psychobiology

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The effects of early stress may not be limited to the exposed generation, but are sometimes passed on to subsequent generations. Such non-genetic transgenerational inheritance is a potentially important developmental and evolutionary force. We compared the transgenerational effects of maternal and paternal line early stress on anxiety- and health-related traits in three non-exposed generations (F1, F2 and F3) of semi-naturalistically raised rhesus macaques. As infants, F0 macaques were exposed to nursery rearing (NR) or semi-naturalistic social conditions (CONTROL). Three hundred forty non-exposed F1-F3 descendants were CONTROL reared and physiological and behavioral measures were collected during standardized assessment at 3-4 months of age. Paternal line NR was significantly associated with greater nervousness in F1-F3 and lower immune cell counts in F1-F2. Maternal-line NR effects were not observed. This study suggests that acquired stress-related traits may be "inherited" across generations in primates, through complex social or germ-line mechanisms.

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Paternal line effects of early experiences persist across three generations in rhesus macaques

Kinnally

Gonzalez

Capitanio

2018

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Other studies, however, suggested pronounced differences between bonnet macaques and closely related species. In their classical studies of Macaca radiata and Macaca nemestrina, ROSENBLUM and KAUFMAN (1967) felt that there are "...basic differences in the whole tone of social behaviour in these two species..." Investigations of captive groups made it evident that, with respect to maternal (KAUFMAN & ROSENBLUM, 1966;REITE & SHORT, 1986) and paternal behaviour (BRANDT et al, 1970), bonnet macaques differ from other macaque species. SUGIYAMA (1971), who observed the species in the field, suggested that "...the bonnet troop has no strict social order, as have most Japanese macaque troops."…”

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Vocal communication of wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)

Hohmann

1989

Primates

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ABSTRACT. Field observations and spectrographic analyses of sound recordings of South Indian bonnet macaques revealed a vocal repertoire of at least 25 basic patterns. The repertoire consists of well separated sound classes and acoustic categories connected by structural intergradation. Besides structural variations within and between different elements of the repertoire, the vocal system of Macaca radiata is characterized by regular combinations of particular basic patterns. These combinations occurred not only between calls of similar structure and function but also between calls usually emitted in entirely different social contexts. According to the qualitative analysis, sex-specific asymmetries of the vocal behaviour were less pronounced than age-dependent characteristics. The comparison of clear call vocalizations of Macaca radiata and M. fuscata revealed significant speciesspecific differences on the structural and the behavioural level. Evaluations of the structural features of alarm calls of various macaque species imply marked differences between members of the fascicularis group and sinica group on one hand and the silenus group and arctoides group on the other.

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“…Several studies of adult male rhesus monkeys have found relatively low levels of affiliative behaviour towards immatures, both in captive (BRANDT et al, 1970) and feral situations (SOUTHW1CK et al, 1965;LINDBERG, 1971;TAYLOR et al, 1978). KAUFMANN (1967) and BREUGOEMAN (1973) reported high frequencies of grooming and "parental care" respectively, although both used essentially ad libitum methods of data collection.…”

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Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

Hill

1986

Primates

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ABSTRACT. Social relationships of adult male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were studied over a period of 14 months. Sixteen focal males were chosen from a single group in the Cayo Santiago colony, Puerto Rico. Immatures were defined as infants, yearlings and 2-year-olds. There was a tendency for males to spend more time in proximity to immatures in the birth seasons than in the mating season. Time spent in proximity to immatures was correlated with male dominance rank. Several male-immature dyads had persistent relationships and nine were apparent throughout the study period. Most of the latter involved the top-ranking males. There were no consistent effects of sex or rank of the immature on the distribution of persistent relationships. In almost all male-immature dyads the immature was primarily responsible for maintaining proximity. Two ways were found in which immatures could benefit from these relationships. Protection and agonistic aiding of immatures by adult males were rare, but occurred exclusively in dyads with persistent relationships. In addition, immatures apparently gained greater access to food resources as a result of their relationships with adult males. There was no clear evidence of adult males benefiting from these relationships.

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Paternalistic Behavior in Four Species of Macaques

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Paternal line effects of early experiences persist across three generations in rhesus macaques

Paternal line effects of early experiences persist across three generations in rhesus macaques

Vocal communication of wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata)

Social relationships between adult male and immature rhesus macaques

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