The Effect of Potential and Actual Paternity on Positive Male-Infant Behaviour in Ursine Colobus

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dc.contributor.advisorSicotte, Pascale
dc.contributor.authorFox, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-30T21:40:30Z
dc.date.available2015-06-22T07:00:49Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-30
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractI aimed to investigate the interplay between paternal care and male infanticide in primates. I examined the effects of potential and actual paternity on positive male infant interactions in wild ursine colobus. I collected behavioural data on 12 adult and sub-adult males. Infants that were conceived when a male was sexually active and present in the infant’s group were considered potential offspring of that male. I used DNA from fecal samples to determine paternity for 12 of the 16 infants in my study groups. Positive male-infant behaviour occurred at higher rates between males and potential offspring than males and unlikely offspring, and occurred more with infants than juveniles. These findings support the hypothesis that positive male-infant behaviour reflects paternal care, which possibly evolved in response to male infanticide. Paternity did not predict positive male-infant behaviour, suggesting that females may be successfully confusing paternity through polyandrous mating in the current conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFox, S. (2015). The Effect of Potential and Actual Paternity on Positive Male-Infant Behaviour in Ursine Colobus (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28090en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28090
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2203
dc.language.isoeng
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.subjectAnthropology
dc.subject.classificationColobus vellerosusen_US
dc.subject.classificationSexual Conflicten_US
dc.subject.classificationPaternity Testingen_US
dc.subject.classificationKin recognitionen_US
dc.subject.classificationMale Infanticideen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaternal Careen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Potential and Actual Paternity on Positive Male-Infant Behaviour in Ursine Colobus
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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