Maternal and Nonmaternal Infant Handling in Colobus vellerosus

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dc.contributor.advisorSicotte, Pascale
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Allyson
dc.contributor.committeememberNotman, Hugh
dc.contributor.committeememberFedigan, Linda Marie
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-11T13:51:05Z
dc.date.available2018-05-11T13:51:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-09
dc.description.abstractThis project investigated whether variation existed in durations of maternal and nonmaternal received by infants (when controlling for infant age) in wild Colobus vellerosus monkeys. I examined whether variation in handling durations was associated with infanticide risk using behavioral data collected from 16 infants ranging in age from newborn to 78 weeks. Maternal handling constituted the bulk of ‘total’ handling received by infants. Individuals varied in the duration of handling they received. Less maternal handling occurred in unstable groups, and male infants receiving more handling. Neither maternal nor nonmaternal handling responded to all infanticide risk factors. These results suggest that handling is a flexible behavior, but it is not yet entirely clear what factors handlers respond to, and why. One potential explanation is that, when infanticide poses a higher threat, mothers decrease infant-contact time to facilitate faster infant development while nonmothers increase handling as a form of protection.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGibson, A. (2018). Maternal and nonmaternal infant handling in Colobus vellerosus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31912en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31912
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106630
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPrimatology
dc.subjectInfant care
dc.subjectInfant handling
dc.subjectMaternal care
dc.subject.classificationAnthropologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationAnthropology--Physicalen_US
dc.titleMaternal and Nonmaternal Infant Handling in Colobus vellerosus
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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