Female-led infanticide in wild chimpanzees

Female-led infanticide in wild chimpanzees

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Skin temperature and reproductive condition in wild female chimpanzees

Infrared thermal imaging has emerged as a valuable tool in veterinary medicine, in particular for evaluating reproductive processes. Here, we explored differences in skin temperature of twenty female chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, four of which were pregnant during data collection. Based on previous literature in other mammals, we predicted increased skin temperature of maximally swolle...

SIVcpz in wild chimpanzees.

Mario L. Santiago, Cynthia M. Rodenburg, Shadrack Kamenya, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Feng Gao, Elizabeth Bailes, Sreelatha Meleth, Seng-Jaw Soong, J. Michael Kilby, Zina Moldoveanu, Babette Fahey, Martin N. Muller, Ahidjo Ayouba, Eric Nerrienet, Harold M. McClure, Jonathan L. Heeney, Anne E. Pusey, D. Anthony Collins, Christophe Boesch, Richard W. Wrangham, Jane Goodall, Paul M. Sharp, George M....

Female competition in chimpanzees.

Female chimpanzees exhibit exceptionally slow rates of reproduction and raise their offspring without direct paternal care. Therefore, their reproductive success depends critically on long-term access to high-quality food resources over a long lifespan. Chimpanzee communities contain multiple adult males, multiple adult females and their offspring. Because males are philopatric and jointly defe...

[Structural analysis of the female infanticide].