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Research Article
Determinants of fecundity and reproductive success in captive vervet monkeys
Article first published online: 25 MAY 2005
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350070106
Copyright © 1984 Wiley-Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
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Fairbanks, L. A. and McGuire, M. T. (1984), Determinants of fecundity and reproductive success in captive vervet monkeys. Am. J. Primatol., 7: 27–38. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350070106
Publication History
- Issue published online: 25 MAY 2005
- Article first published online: 25 MAY 2005
- Manuscript Accepted: 19 MAR 1984
- Manuscript Received: 12 DEC 1983
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Keywords:
- fecundity;
- Cercopithecus aethiops;
- interbirth interval;
- infant mortality;
- age;
- dominance rank
Abstract
Between 1975 and 1983, adult female vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) over 3.5 years of age, living in two undisturbed social groups in a captive colony in Sepulveda, California, have averaged 1.0 births per female year with a mean interbirth interval of 10.7 months. Increased fecundity did not result in decreased survival rates of offspring in this population. Fecundity was influenced by the mother's age and dominance rank. The primary factor in the age-fecundity relationship was the age at first birth, which varied from three to five years. High-ranking females contributed the most to the high rate of fecundity, with significantly shorter interbirth intervals, more births per female year, and more surviving infants compared to low-ranking females.