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SUBMITTER: Kalbitzer U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338379 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kalbitzer Urs U Bergstrom Mackenzie L ML Carnegie Sarah D SD Wikberg Eva C EC Kawamura Shoji S Campos Fernando A FA Jack Katharine M KM Fedigan Linda M LM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170206 8
Most mammals live in social groups in which members form differentiated social relationships. Individuals may vary in their degree of sociality, and this variation can be associated with differential fitness. In some species, for example, female sociality has a positive effect on infant survival. However, investigations of such cases are still rare, and no previous study has considered how male infanticide might constrain effects of female sociality on infant survival. Infanticide is part of the ...[more]