Dissertation Research: Lifetime Reproductive Success and Dispersal Patterns in Male Baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

建议研究的目标是：第一，测量组件 个体雄性的终生生殖成功率（LRS） 狒狒，将LRS中的差异归因于不同的组成部分 的LRS，并确定个人的特定特征， 这种差异的来源。 第二，测试以下内容 假设：（一）雄性狒狒从 他有女性亲戚的群体是一个功能， 扩散的代价和避免近亲繁殖的好处 抑郁症，（二）男性减少死亡成本与 通过改变扩散模式进行扩散，以及（iii）雄性 通过改变传播模式来增加繁殖力。 受试者是野生雄性狒狒（Papio cynocephalus）， 肯尼亚安博塞利国家公园。 它们的生活史和分布 模式正在通过两种方式进行调查，通过一个详细的 横断面行为研究和长期分析 人口统计数据。 从这两种类型的数据组成部分的LRS 将估计。

The goals of the proposed study are: first, to measure components of lifetime reproductive success (LRS) for individual male baboons, to attribute variance in LRS to the different components of LRS, and to identify particular traits of individuals as the sources of this variance. Second, to test the following hypotheses: (i) likelihood that a male baboon will disperse from groups in which he has female relatives is a function of the costs of dispersal and the benefits of avoiding inbreeding depression, (ii) males decrease mortality costs associated with dispersal by altering dispersal patterns, and (iii) males increase fecundity by altering dispersal patterns. The subjects are wild male baboons (Papio cycynocephalus) in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Their life histories and dispersal patterns are being investigated in two ways, through a detailed cross-sectional behavioral study and through analysis of long-term demographic data. From these two types of data components of LRS will be estimated.