Infant Handling and Allonursing in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)
| atmire.migration.oldid | 2033 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fedigan, Linda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sargeant, Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-23T17:33:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-06-16T07:00:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-04-23 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2014 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The proposed adaptive functions of infant handling in primates are numerous, and its expression within the primate order is highly variable. This study aims to investigate several proposed functions for infant handling behaviours in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). I followed 21 infants for 10-minute focal animal samples over the course of two field seasons. My data suggests that the motivations, and benefits of infant handling vary depending on the interactant and that no single adaptive function can explain the observed patterns of infant handling in this species. I found the strongest support for the learning-to-mother, alliance-formation, maternal kinship and milk-acquisition hypotheses. I also found support that infant handling likely provides infants with survival benefits and that the form of infant handling in this species can be considered a highly cooperative expression of communal care by all group members. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sargeant, E. (2014). Infant Handling and Allonursing in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus) (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26510 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26510 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1431 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University 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.subject | Anthropology | |
| dc.subject.classification | Primatology | en_US |
| dc.title | Infant Handling and Allonursing in White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus) | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Art | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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