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       Primate mating systems and reproductive strategies

                                            Ongoing projects

  • Mating system and male reproductive strategies in wild howler monkeys (Marco Leoni)
  • Mating system and reproductive strategies of wild pigtail macaques (Cindy Carlson)
  • Mating system and reproductive strategies of captive Guinea baboons (Jessica Mayhew)

                                   Relevant Publications

D. Maestripieri, J. R.  Roney.
        Primate copulation calls and post-copulatory female choice.
        Behavioral Ecology, 16: 106-113, 2005.
D. Maestripieri, M. Leoni, S. S. Raza, E. J. Hirsch, J. C. Whitham.
        Female copulation calls in
Guinea baboons: Evidence for post-copulatory
        female choice?
        International Journal of Primatology, 26: 737-758, 2005.

G. R. Pradhan, A. Engelhardt, C. P. van Schaik, D. Maestripieri.
    The evolution of female copulation calls in primates: a review and a new model.
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 333-343, 2006.
D. Maestripieri, J. Mayhew, C. L. Carlson, C. L. Hoffman, J. M. Radtke.
    One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons.
    Folia Primatologica, 78: 56-68, 2007.
D. Maestripieri.
     Adaptations for reproduction in adolescence in macaques.
     In: Adolescence in Humans and Animals (ed. by S. Copans & D. Watts).
     Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press.
C. L. Hoffman, A. V. Ruiz-Lambides, E. Davila, E. Maldonado, M. S. Gerald, D. Maestripieri.
      Sex differences in survival costs of reproduction in a promiscuous primate.
      Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, in press.

 

Theses and Dissertations

Marco Leoni.    Female copulation calls and male mate guarding in baboons.   Master's Thesis, University of Chicago, 2003.

Jennifer Radtke. Female social relationships in Guinea baboons. Master's Thesis,  University of Chicago, 2005.

Marco Leoni. Intrasexual selection and reproductive success in wild howler monkeys, Alouatta palliata. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Chicago, in progress.

Cindy Carlson. Behavioral mechanisms of post-copulatory sexual selection in wild pigtail macaques. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Chicago, in progress


 

 
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