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

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Larissa Swedell

    1. Department of Anthropology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, USA

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  2. Steven R. Leigh

    1. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

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  • This volume will shed light on general features of life history traits and reproductive strategies thay have made baboons successful
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons

    1. Perspectives on Reproduction and Life History in Baboons

      • Larissa Swedell, Steven R. Leigh
      Pages 1-15

  3. Reproductive Behavior and Mating Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Infant Mortality, Paternity Certainty, and Female Reproductive Strategies in Hamadryas Baboons

      • Larissa Swedell, Julian Saunders
      Pages 19-51

    3. Female Behavioral Strategies of Hybrid Baboons in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia

      • Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman
      Pages 53-79

    4. Hybrid Baboons and the Origins of the Hamadryas Male Reproductive Strategy

      • Thore J. Bergman
      Pages 81-103

    5. The Social and Ecological Flexibility of Guinea Baboons: Implications for Guinea Baboon Social Organization and Male Strategies

      • Anh Galat-Luong, Gérard Galat, Suzanne Hagell
      Pages 105-121

    6. 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
      Pages 123-143

  4. Life History, Development, and Parenting Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Reproduction, Mortality, and Female Reproductive Success in Chacma Baboons of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

      • Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Julia Fischer, Jacinta C. Beehner, Thore J. Bergman, Sara E. Johnson et al.
      Pages 147-176

    3. Maternal Characteristics and Offspring Growth in Chacma Baboons: A Life History Perspective

      • Sara E. Johnson
      Pages 177-197

    4. Whose Life Is It Anyway? Maternal Investment, Developmental Trajectories, and Life History Strategies in Baboons

      • Louise Barrett, S. Peter Henzi, John E. Lycett
      Pages 199-224

    5. Ontogeny, Life History, and Maternal Investment in Baboons

      • Steven R. Leigh, Robin M. Bernstein
      Pages 225-255

    6. Testicular Size, Developmental Trajectories, and Male Life History Strategies in Four Baboon Taxa

      • Clifford J. Jolly, Jane E. Phillips-Conroy
      Pages 257-275

    7. The Evolutionary Past and the Research Future: Environmental Variation and Life History Flexibility in a Primate Lineage

      • Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann
      Pages 277-303

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 305-322
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About this book

The editors will address the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. This requires assembling research interests in morphology, behavior, ecology, and endocrinology of the five subspecies of Papio baboons. By synthesizing studies of reproduction, life history, growth, parenting, ecology, mate choice, and mating success, this volume will shed light on general features of life history traits and reproductive strategies that have made baboons successful. These findings have broad applications to understanding the evolution of complex life history adaptations, such as those characteristic of other primates, and humans in particular. Many of the top researchers on the field are contributing to this volume.

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"This book is generally successful in its goals, and lives up to its title, by compiling a good amount of recent research on reproductive behavior and life history in baboons, and their impact on reproductive success. While this book will clearly be of interest to graduate students and professionals engaged in social and ecological research on baboons, it would also be of considerable interest to students of evolutionary theory … ." (Stephen R. Frost, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 15, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, USA

    Larissa Swedell

  • Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    Steven R. Leigh

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