Children of divorce: effects of adult replacements on previous offspring in Argentinean owl monkeys
Children of divorce: effects of adult replacements on previous offspring in Argentinean owl monkeys
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离婚子女:成年猫头鹰猴的替代对前代后代的影响
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-011-1297-9
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Fernandez-Duque E.
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作者:
Huck M. ;Fernandez-Duque E.
According to the Evolutionary Theory of the Family, the replacement of one pair-member by an intruder may have profound consequences for the existing offspring. Step-parents are expected to provide less care towards unrelated immatures than to genetic offspring, unless caring also serves as a mating strategy. Furthermore, because an intruder will be a potential mate for opposite-sexed offspring, relationships between offspring and same-sex parents are predicted to deteriorate. To test these predictions, we studied an Azara’s owl monkey (Aotus azarai) population in Argentina exhibiting serial monogamy and bi-parental care. Since 1997, we have collected demographic data from ca. 25 groups and inter-individual distance data from ca. 150 marked individuals. First, we compared survival and dispersal age of immatures in groups with and without replacements to investigate whether parental care serves as a mating strategy. Second, we compared sex-specific age at dispersal for groups with replacement of opposite-sex parents, same-sex parents, or in stable groups in order to test whether relationships between offspring and same-sex parents deteriorated after the replacement of the other parent. Survival and dispersal ages were not negatively associated with replacements, suggesting that male care might serve, at least partly, as a mating strategy. The time lag between a replacement and the subsequent dispersal of female offspring was greater if the intruder was a male, while the offspring and same-sex parents were less often nearest neighbors after replacements than before. Our results suggest that family disruption through the replacement of a parent is not associated with decreased offspring survival or early dispersion of juveniles, but deteriorates parent–offspring relationships.
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影响因子:
2.3
作者:
Silk, Joan B.;Altmann, Jeanne;Alberts, Susan C.
通讯作者:
Alberts, Susan C.
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
J. Jeschke;H. Kokko
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通讯作者:
Marcelo Rotundo
DOI:
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
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作者:
C. Welker;C. Schäfer
通讯作者:
C. Schäfer
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Eikenaar, C.;Richardson, D. S.;Komdeur, J.
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Komdeur, J.