Maternal investment and offspring viability in vervet monkeys

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dc.contributor.authorVarsanyi, Stephanie E.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorHenzi, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T17:18:12Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T17:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractPrimate infants are dependent on their mothers for their early nutritional and social needs, which allows mothers to exert a large influence over their infant’s early development. Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) are seasonal breeders that produce cohorts of infants who experience similar ecological conditions but differing social conditions, as the latter reflect their mothers’ varying maternal attributes. Previous studies have supported a social hypothesis of infant survival in which differing maternal characteristics can predict an infant’s likelihood of survival and reproductive success. I examined differing maternal attributes and their influence on the survival and later growth of offspring over two consecutive developmental periods: birth to weaning, and the post-weaning juvenile period. I found that maternal attributes are not associated with infant survival or later infant growth in this population. Instead, the data presented here suggest that environmental conditions overwhelm maternal effort and greatly diminish the effect of maternal investment strategies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5914
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0412en_US
dc.proquest.subject0329en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectvervet monkeysen_US
dc.subjectinfant survivalen_US
dc.subjectmaternal investmenten_US
dc.subjectmaternal healthen_US
dc.subjectoffspring viabilityen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental factorsen_US
dc.subjectmaternal social standingen_US
dc.subjectecological conditions during growthen_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Infancy -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Development -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Fieldworken_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectParental behavior in animalsen_US
dc.subjectNature and nurtureen_US
dc.subjectCohort analysisen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleMaternal investment and offspring viability in vervet monkeysen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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