Conditions of failure and recovery of maternal behavior in captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri)

Autor:	Sigrid Hopf
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Social condition biology Partial failure Animal ecology Offspring Ecology Squirrel monkey Physiology Animal Science and Zoology Allomothering biology.organism_classification Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	International Journal of Primatology. 2:335-349
ISSN:	1573-8604 0164-0291
Popis:	This paper deals with the functioning and malfunctioning of maternal behavior in relation to external and social conditions. During developmental studies in captive squirrel monkey groups, 49 mother-infant pairs were observed. There were several cases of maternal inadequacy subsequent to (1) postnatal transportation, (2) exaggerated social investigation by immatures,and (3) premature allomothering. Brief mother-infant separations by humans did not yield such failures. One female consistently prevented nursing with at least three of her five viable offspring. Complete or partial failure of maternal behavior did not preclude subsequent recovery and/or adequate allomothering.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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