10.5061/DRYAD.R00N0
Markham, A. Catherine
Stony Brook University
Gesquiere, Laurence R.
Duke University
Data from: Costs and benefits of group living in primates: an energetic
perspective
Dryad
dataset
2018
Papio cynocephalus
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
IBN-0322613; IOS-0919200
2018-01-13T00:00:00Z
2018-01-13T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0239
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Group size is a fundamental component of sociality, and has important
consequences for an individual's fitness as well as the collective
and cooperative behaviours of the group as a whole. This review focuses on
how the costs and benefits of group living vary in female primates as a
function of group size, with a particular emphasis on how competition
within and between groups affects an individual's energetic balance.
Because the repercussions of chronic energetic stress can lower an
animal's fitness, identifying the predictors of energetic stress has
important implications for understanding variation in survivorship and
reproductive success within and between populations. Notably, we extend
previous literature on this topic by discussing three physiological
measures of energetic balance—glucocorticoids, c-peptides and thyroid
hormones. Because these hormones can provide clear signals of metabolic
states and processes, they present an important complement to field
studies of spatial and temporal changes in food availability. We
anticipate that their further application will play a crucial role in
elucidating the adaptive significance of group size in different social
and ecological contexts.
Raw for AnalysesTotal number of individuals, biomass (kg), and energetic
demand (kg3/4) for 14 baboon social groups from 1990-2014 hydrological
years (Nov-Oct). Analyses included only group-hydrological years in which
the focal group was censused every calendar month during the hydrological
year. Data provided by ABRP.Raw for Figure 2Percent contribution by
age-sex class to group’s total number of individuals, biomass (kg), and
energetic demand (kg3/4) for 14 baboon social groups from 1990-2014
hydrological years (Nov-Oct). Analyses included only group-hydrological
years in which the focal group was censused every calendar month during
the hydrological year. Data provided by ABRP.
Amboseli
Amboseli Basin
Kenya