Variance in male lifetime reproductive success and estimation of the degree of polygyny in a primate.
Open accessAbstract
The degree of polygyny is predicted to influence the strength of direct male–male competition, leading to a high variance in male lifetime reproductive success and to reproduction limited to the prime period of adulthood. Here, we explore the variance in male lifetime reproductive success and reproductive time in an anthropoid primate forming multimale–multifemale groups. Males of this species form dominance hierarchies, which are expected to skew reproduction toward few high-ranking males. At the same time, however, females mate with multiple males (polygynandry), which should limit the degree of polygyny. Using 20 years of genetic and demographic data, we calculated lifetime reproductive success for the free-ranging rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) population of Cayo Santiago for subjects that died naturally or reached senescence. Our results show that 1) male lifetime reproductive success was significantly skewed (range: 0–47 offspring; males reproducing below average: 62.8%; nonbreeders: 17.4%), 2) variance in male lifetime reproductive success was 5 times larger than in females, and 3) male lifetime reproductive success was more influenced by variation in fecundity (60%) than longevity (25%), suggesting that some direct male–male competition takes place. However, the opportunity for selection (i.e., standardized variance in male lifetime reproductive success) is low compared with that in other large mammal species characterized by a high degree of polygyny. Moreover, male reproductive life extended much beyond the prime period, showing that physical strength was not required to acquire mates. We conclude that rhesus macaques exhibit a moderate degree of polygyny and, therefore, low levels of direct male–male competition for fertile females, despite the fact that males form linear dominance hierarchies.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Alpha-males still tend to obtain the largest share of paternity.
“Nevertheless, alpha-males still tend to obtain the largest share of paternity (Dubuc et al., 2014).”
From Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication (2019) · cites this paper as Dubuc et al., 2014
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
The descent of man and selection in relation to sex
チャールス, ダ., & 茂穂, 田. (1907) · Tokyo Jinrui Gakkai zasshi · doi:10.1537/ase1887.22.495 · Cited by 10,909 · see citing works
Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man
(2017) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781315129266 · Cited by 7,284 · see citing works
Kalinowski, S. T., Taper, M. L., & MARSHALL, T. C. (2007) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03089.x · Cited by 5,240 · see citing works
Statistical confidence for likelihood‐based paternity inference in natural populations
MARSHALL, T. C., Slate, J., Kruuk, L. E. B., & Pemberton, J. M. (1998) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00374.x · Cited by 4,231 · see citing works
Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals
Greenwood, P. J. (1980) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(80)80103-5 · Cited by 3,921 · see citing works
Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila
Bateman, A. J. (1948) · Heredity · doi:10.1038/hdy.1948.21 · Cited by 3,643 · see citing works
Review Lecture: Mammalian mating systems
Clutton-Brock, T. H. (1989) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.1989.0027 · Cited by 1,413 · see citing works
Shuster, S. M., & Wade, M. J. (2003) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1515/9780691206882 · Cited by 1,387 · see citing works
Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective.
Wilson, P. J., Chagnon, N. A., & Irons, W. (1980) · Man · doi:10.2307/2801385 · Cited by 1,230 · see citing works
Reproductive Success: Studies of Individual Variation in Contrasting Breeding Systems
Pierotti, R. J., & Clutton‐Brock, T. H. (1989) · Ornithological Applications · doi:10.2307/1368138 · Cited by 1,107 · see citing works
Multiplex PCR: Critical Parameters and Step-by-Step Protocol
Henegariu, O., Heerema, N. A., Dlouhy, S. R., Vance, G. H., & Vogt, P. H. (1997) · BioTechniques · doi:10.2144/97233rr01 · Cited by 956 · see citing works
A FIELD STUDY OF THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF RHESUS MONKEYS, MACACA MULATTA *
Altmann, S. A. (1962) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1962.tb13650.x · Cited by 802 · see citing works
ON THE MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION: APPLICATIONS
Arnold, S. J., & Wade, M. J. (1984) · Evolution · doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1984.tb00345.x · Cited by 770 · see citing works
Advances in our understanding of mammalian sex‐biased dispersal
Handley, L. L., & Perrin, N. (2007) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03152.x · Cited by 640 · see citing works
Developments in the prediction of effective population size
Caballero, A. (1994) · Heredity · doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.174 · Cited by 565 · see citing works
Morin, P. A., Chambers, K. E., Boesch, C., & Vigilant, L. (2001) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01308.x · Cited by 482 · see citing works
Sexual dimorphisms and breeding systems in pinnipeds, ungulates, primates, and humans
Alexander, R. D., Hoogland, J. L., Howard, R. D., Noonan, K., & Sherman, P. W. (1979) · Cited by 463 · see citing works
Wade, M. J., & Arnold, S. J. (1980) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(80)80052-2 · Cited by 451 · see citing works
Animal Mating Systems: A Synthesis Based on Selection Theory
Arnold, S. J., & Duvall, D. (1994) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/285606 · Cited by 425 · see citing works
Sexual Selection and Variance in Reproductive Success
Wade, M. J. (1979) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/283520 · Cited by 382 · see citing works
Stepwise evolution of stable sociality in primates
Shultz, S., Opie, C., & Atkinson, Q. D. (2011) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature10601 · Cited by 373 · see citing works
Age-dependent sexual selection in bighorn rams
Coltman, D. W., Festa‐Bianchet, M., Jorgenson, J. T., & Strobeck, C. (2002) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1851 · Cited by 358 · see citing works
Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group.
Jeanne Altmann, A., Alberts, S. C., Haines, S. A., Dubach, J. M., Muruthi, P. M., Coote, T., Geffen, E., Cheesman, D. J., Mututua, R. S., Saiyalel, S. N., et al. (1996) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797 · Cited by 349 · see citing works
Life history trade-offs at a single locus maintain sexually selected genetic variation
Johnston, S. E., Gratten, J., Bérénos, C., Pilkington, J. G., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Pemberton, J. M., & Slate, J. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12489 · Cited by 343 · see citing works
The Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal.
Haddock-Suárez, L. (2012) · PubMed · Cited by 316 · see citing works
Sexual dimorphism in primate evolution
Plavcan, J. M. (2001) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.10011.abs · Cited by 309 · see citing works
Sperm Competition: Mating System, Not Breeding Season, Affects Testes Size of Primates
Harcourt, A. H., Purvis, A., & Liles, L. (1995) · Functional Ecology · doi:10.2307/2390011 · Cited by 283 · see citing works
On the Measurement of Natural and Sexual Selection: Applications
Arnold, S. J., & Wade, M. J. (1984) · Evolution · doi:10.2307/2408384 · Cited by 278 · see citing works
Macaque societies: a model for the study of social organization
(2005) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.42-5276 · Cited by 274 · see citing works
The Cayo Santiago macaques : history, behavior, and biology
Rawlins, R. G., & Kessler, M. (1986) · Cited by 273 · see citing works
Ecology and behavior of food-enhanced primate groups
Fa, J. E., & Southwick, C. H. (1988) · A.R. Liss eBooks · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Sexual selection in wild baboons: from mating opportunities to paternity success.
Alberts, S. C., Buchan, J. C., & Altmann, J. (2006) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.001 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Behavioral estimates of male mating success tested by DNA fingerprinting in a polygynous mammal
Pemberton, J. M., Albon, S. D., GUINNESS, F. E., Clutton-Brock, T. H., & Dover, G. A. (1992) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/3.1.66 · Cited by 249 · see citing works
Jones, A. G. (2009) · Evolution · doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00664.x · Cited by 244 · see citing works
The mismeasurement of sexual selection
Klug, H., Heuschele, J., Jennions, M. D., & Kokko, H. (2010) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01921.x · Cited by 213 · see citing works
What factors shape sexual size dimorphism in ungulates
Loison, A., Gaillard, J., Pélabon, C., & Yoccoz, N. G. (1999) · Evolutionary ecology research · Cited by 208 · see citing works
A longitudinal analysis of reproductive skew in male rhesus macaques
Widdig, A., Bercovitch, F. B., Streich, W. J., Sauermann, U., Nürnberg, P., & Krawczak, M. (2004) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2666 · Cited by 202 · see citing works
Self-citationMeasuring and Using Skew in the Study of Social Behavior and Evolution
Nonacs, P. (2000) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/316995 · Cited by 201 · see citing works
Group changing in free-ranging male rhesus monkeys
Drickamer, L. C., & Vessey, S. H. (1973) · Primates · doi:10.1007/bf01731357 · Cited by 185 · see citing works
Growth and ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
Setchell, J. M., Lee, P. C., Wickings, E. J., & Dixson, A. F. (2001) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.1091 · Cited by 184 · see citing works
Coltman, D. W., Smith, J. A., Bancroft, D. R., Pilkington, J. G., MacColl, A. D. C., Clutton‐Brock, T. H., & Pemberton, J. M. (1999) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/303274 · Cited by 165 · see citing works
Kutsukake, N., & Nunn, C. L. (2006) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-006-0213-1 · Cited by 161 · see citing works
Female reproductive synchrony predicts skewed paternity across primates
Ostner, J., Nunn, C. L., & Schülke, O. (2008) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arn093 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
Sexual Selection: Harem Size and the Variance in Male Reproductive Success
Wade, M. J., & Shulter, S. M. (2004) · The American Naturalist · doi:10.1086/424531 · Cited by 145 · see citing works
Age cohorts as paternal sibships
Altmann, J. (1979) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/bf00292563 · Cited by 143 · see citing works
Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Reproductive Success in Male Rhesus Macaques
Berard, J. D., Nürnberg, P., Epplen, J. T., & Schmidtke, J. (1994) · Behaviour · doi:10.1163/156853994x00604 · Cited by 142 · see citing works
Mate guarding and paternity in mandrills: factors influencing alpha male monopoly
Setchell, J. M., Charpentier, M. J. E., & Wickings, E. J. (2005) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.02.021 · Cited by 140 · see citing works
Response of fecal cortisol to stress in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Whitten, P. L., Stavisky, R. C., Aureli, F., & Russell, E. (1998) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1998)44:1 · Cited by 138 · see citing works
Self-citationReproductive strategies of rhesus macaques
Bercovitch, F. B. (1997) · Primates · doi:10.1007/bf02381613 · Cited by 128 · see citing works
Rogers, J., Garcia, R., Shelledy, W. R., Kaplan, J., Arya, A., Johnson, Z., Bergstrom, M. L., Novakowski, L., Nair, P., Vinson, A., et al. (2005) · Genomics · doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.10.004 · Cited by 128 · see citing works
van Noordwijk, M. A., & van Schaik, C. P. (2004) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511542459.014 · Cited by 127 · see citing works
Life history costs and consequences of rapid reproductive maturation in female rhesus macaques
Bercovitch, F. B., & Berard, J. D. (1993) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/bf00164042 · Cited by 126 · see citing works
Chapais, B. (1983) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/bf00290774 · Cited by 125 · see citing works
Testing the priority-of-access model in a seasonally breeding primate species
Dubuc, C., Muniz, L., Heistermann, M., Engelhardt, A., & Widdig, A. (2011) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1172-8 · Cited by 119 · see citing works
Self-citationMale rank, reproductive behavior, and reproductive success in free-ranging rhesus macaques
Berard, J. D., Nürnberg, P., Epplen, J. T., & Schmidtke, J. (1993) · Primates · doi:10.1007/bf02382659 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Measuring female mate choice in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques
Manson, J. H. (1992) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/0003-3472(92)90051-a · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Charpentier, M. J. E., Peignot, P., Hossaert‐McKey, M., Giménez, O., Setchell, J. M., & Wickings, E. J. (2005) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/ari034 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Measuring the reliability of skew indices: is there one best index?
Nonacs, P. (2003) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1006/anbe.2003.2096 · Cited by 112 · see citing works
The opportunity for sexual selection: not mismeasured, just misunderstood
Krakauer, A. H., Webster, M. S., DuVal, E. H., Jones, A. G., & Shuster, S. M. (2011) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02317.x · Cited by 112 · see citing works
Berard, J. D. (1999) · Primates · doi:10.1007/bf02557708 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Sexual Selection and Mate Choice
Paul, A. (2002) · International Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1023/a:1015533100275 · Cited by 102 · see citing works
Bercovitch, F. B., Widdig, A., Trefilov, A., Kessler, M., Berard, J. D., Schmidtke, J., N�rnberg, P., & Krawczak, M. (2003) · Die Naturwissenschaften · doi:10.1007/s00114-003-0436-1 · Cited by 100 · see citing works
Self-citationGestation length in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Silk, J. B., Short, J., Roberts, J. A., & Kusnitz, J. (1993) · International Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1007/bf02196505 · Cited by 92 · see citing works
Higham, J. P., Heistermann, M., & Dario Maestripieri, A. (2012) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-012-1420-6 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Mating system, sexual dimorphism, and the opportunity for sexual selection in a territorial ungulate
Vanpé, C., Kjellander, P., Galan, M., Cosson, J., Aulagnier, S., Liberg, O., & Hewison, A. J. M. (2007) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arm132 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Patterns of interventions and the effect of coalitions and sociality on male fitness
KULIK, L., Muniz, L., Mundry, R., & Widdig, A. (2011) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05250.x · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Self-citationSexual selection and reproductive careers in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)
Setchell, J. M., Charpentier, M. J. E., & Wickings, E. J. (2005) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0946-2 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
The opportunity to be misled in studies of sexual selection
Jennions, M. D., Kokko, H., & Klug, H. (2012) · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02451.x · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Social context and psychosocial influences on blood pressure among American Samoans
Bindon, J. R., Knight, A. L., Dressler, W. W., & Crews, D. E. (1997) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199705)103:1 · Cited by 83 · see citing works
Pronounced reproductive skew in a natural population of green swordtails,Xiphophorus helleri
Tatarenkov, A., HEALEY, C. I. M., Grether, G. F., & Avise, J. C. (2008) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03936.x · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Understanding dimorphism as a function of changes in male and female traits
Plavcan, J. M. (2011) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.20315 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
The history of the Cayo Santiago colony
Rawlins, R. G. (1986) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Who to include in measures of sexual selection is no trivial matter
Klug, H., Lindström, K., & Kokko, H. (2010) · Ecology Letters · doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01495.x · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Gogarten, J. F., & Koenig, A. (2012) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-012-1432-2 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Alternative reproductive tactics in primates
Setchell, J. M. (2008) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511542602.016 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Rossiter, S. J., Ransome, R. D., Faulkes, C. G., Dawson, D. A., & Jones, G. (2006) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.02987.x · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Components of Lifetime Reproductive Success in Adders, Vipera berus
Madsen, T. R. L., & Shine, R. (1994) · Journal of Animal Ecology · doi:10.2307/5222 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Dubuc, C., Muniz, L., Heistermann, M., Widdig, A., & Engelhardt, A. (2012) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.003 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Self-citationNürnberg, P., Sauermann, U., Kayser, M., Lanfer, C., Manz, E., Widdig, A., Berard, J., Bercovitch, F. B., Kessler, M., Schmidtke, J., et al. (1998) · Max Planck Digital Library · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Self-citationDemographic variability and density‐dependent dynamics of a free‐ranging rhesus macaque population
Hernández‐Pacheco, R., Rawlins, R. G., Kessler, M. J., Williams, L. E., Ruiz‐Maldonado, T. M., González‐Martínez, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., & Sabat, A. M. (2013) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.22177 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
Self-citationBm, M., Roemer, J., & Sultana, C. (1989) · PubMed · Cited by 44 · see citing works
The Impact of male reproductive skew on kin structure and sociality in multi‐male groups
Widdig, A. (2013) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21366 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Self-citationTestis size, epididymis weight, and sperm competition in rhesus macaques
Bercovitch, F. B., & Rodriguez, J. F. (1993) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.1350300208 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Rawlins, R. G., & Kessler, M. (1982) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.1350030103 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Maternal Effects on Offspring Mortality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Blomquist, G. E. (2013) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.22117 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Effect of tetanus toxoid inoculation on mortality in the Cayo Santiago macaque population
Kessler, M., Berard, J. D., & Rawlins, R. G. (1988) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.1350150203 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Kessler, M. J., Berard, J. D., Rawlins, R. G., Bercovitch, F. B., Gerald, M. S., Laudenslager, M. L., & González‐Martínez, J. (2006) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.20262 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Bateman gradients in a promiscuous mating system
Bergeron, P., Montiglio, P., Réale, D. J. F., Humphries, M. M., & Garant, D. (2012) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-012-1364-x · Cited by 22 · see citing works
Bonhomme, M., Blancher, A., & Crouau‐Roy, B. (2005) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.20193 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Consortships and conceptions in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Small, M. F. (1990) · Primates · doi:10.1007/bf02381105 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 8
- Andersson M. 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press [Google Scholar]
- Clutton-Brock TH. 1983. Selection in relation to sex. In: Bendall DS, editor. Evolution from molecule to man. Cambridge (MA): Cambridge University Press; p. 457–481 [Google Scholar]
- Clutton-Brock TH. 1988. Reproductive success. In: Clutton-Brock TH, editor. Reproductive success: studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press; p. 472–485 [Google Scholar]
- Clutton-Brock TH. 1989. Mammalian mating systems. Proc R Soc Lond B. 22:339–372 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Dubuc C, Higham J, Engelhardt A. 2013. Towards a theoretical framework for understanding the variation in sexually-selected traits among anthropoid primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 150(S56):115 [Google Scholar]
- Le Boeuf BJ, Reiter J. 1988. Lifetime reproductive success in northern elephant seals. In: Clutton-Brock TH, editor. Reproductive success: studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press; p. 344–362 [Google Scholar]
- Plavcan JM, van Schaik CP. 1997. Intrasexual competition and body weight dimorphism in anthropoid primates. Am J Phys Anthropol. 103:37–68 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Sade DS, Cushing K, Cushing P, Dunaif J, Figueroa A, Kaplan JR, Lauer C, Rhodes D, Scneider J. 1976. Population dynamics in relation to social structure on Cayo Santiago. Yearbk Phys Anthropol. 20:253–262 [Google Scholar]
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals
Bonnet, T., Morrissey, M. B., de Villemereuil, P., Alberts, S. C., Arcese, P., Bailey, L. D., Boutin, S. A., Brekke, P., Brent, L. J. N., Camenisch, G., et al. (2022) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.abk0853 · Cited by 208 · see citing works
Locomotor play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: A life history trade-off
Berghänel, A., Schülke, O., & Ostner, J. (2015) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500451 · Cited by 143 · see citing works
Wrangham, R. W. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01914 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Genetic studies on the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques: A review of 40 years of research
Widdig, A., Kessler, M. J., Bercovitch, F. B., Berard, J. D., Duggleby, C. R., Nürnberg, P., Rawlins, R. G., Sauermann, U., Wang, Q., Krawczak, M., et al. (2015) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.22424 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Self-citationPervasive incomplete lineage sorting illuminates speciation and selection in primates
Rivas-González, I., Rousselle, M. M. C., Li, F., Zhou, L., Dutheil, J. Y., Munch, K., Shao, Y., Wu, D., Schierup, M. H., & Zhang, G. (2023) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.abn4409 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Is male rhesus macaque red color ornamentation attractive to females?
Dubuc, C., Allen, W. L., Dario Maestripieri, A., & Higham, J. P. (2014) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-014-1732-9 · Cited by 83 · see citing works
Self-citationThe rhesus macaque as a success story of the Anthropocene
Cooper, E. B., Brent, L. J. N., Snyder‐Mackler, N., Singh, M., Sengupta, A., Khatiwada, S., Malaivijitnond, S., Zhou, Q., & Higham, J. P. (2022) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.78169 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
Sudyka, J. (2019) · BioEssays · doi:10.1002/bies.201900095 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins
Gerber, L., Connor, R. C., Allen, S. J., Horlacher, K., King, S. L., Sherwin, W. B., Willems, E. P., Wittwer, S., & Krützen, M. (2022) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.027 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate
Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W. L., Brent, L., Cascio, J., Maestripieri, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Widdig, A., & Higham, J. (2014) · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1602 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Self-citationLow incidence of inbreeding in a long-lived primate population isolated for 75 years
Widdig, A., Muniz, L., Minkner, M. M. I., Barth, Y., Bley, S., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Junge, O., Mundry, R., & Kulik, L. (2016) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2236-6 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
Self-citationHumans as a model species for sexual selection research
Wilson, M. L., Miller, C. M., & Crouse, K. N. (2017) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1320 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Ross, C. T., Hooper, P. L., Smith, J. E., Jaeggi, A. V., Smith, E. A., Sergey Gavrilets, B., Zohora, F. T., Ziker, J. P., Xygalatas, D., Wroblewski, E. E., et al. (2023) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2220124120 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Dario Maestripieri, A., & Georgiev, A. V. (2015) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.22368 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Oxidative stress as an indicator of the costs of reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaques
Georgiev, A. V., Thompson, M. E., Mandalaywala, T. M., & Dario Maestripieri, A. (2015) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.121947 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Sexual Selection and the differences between the sexes in M andrills ( M andrillus sphinx)
Setchell, J. M. (2016) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.22904 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Who cares? Experimental attention biases provide new insights into a mammalian sexual signal
Dubuc, C., Allen, W. L., Cascio, J., Lee, D. S., Dario Maestripieri, A., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., & Higham, J. P. (2015) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/arv117 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Self-citationThe Costs of Reproductive Success in Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago
Higham, J. P., & Dario Maestripieri, A. (2014) · International Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1007/s10764-014-9789-x · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Georgiev, A. V., Christie, D. M., Rosenfield, K. A., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Maldonado, E., Thompson, M. E., & Dario Maestripieri, A. (2016) · Behaviour · doi:10.1163/1568539x-00003344 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Self-citationShifts in Male Reproductive Tactics over the Life Course in a Polygynandrous Mammal
Silk, J. B., Städele, V., Roberts, E. K., Vigilant, L., & Strum, S. C. (2020) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.013 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Núñez, C. L., Grote, M. N., Wechsler, M., Allen‐Blevins, C. R., & Hinde, K. (2015) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.22426 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Female ornaments: is red skin color attractive to males and related to condition in rhesus macaques?
Higham, J. P., Kimock, C. M., Mandalaywala, T. M., Heistermann, M., Cascio, J., Petersdorf, M., Winters, S., Allen, W. L., & Dubuc, C. (2020) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/araa121 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Self-citationHuang, Z.-P., Bian, K., Liu, Y. T., Pan, R. L., Qi, X., & Li, B. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep46217 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
Kimock, C. M., Dubuc, C., Brent, L. J. N., & Higham, J. P. (2019) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52633-4 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Self-citationIndividual dispersal decisions affect fitness via maternal rank effects in male rhesus macaques
Weiß, B., Kulik, L., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., & Widdig, A. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep32212 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Self-citationSocial network dynamics precede a mass eviction in group-living rhesus macaques
Larson, S. M., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Platt, M. L., & Brent, L. J. N. (2017) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.08.019 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Self-citationMinkner, M. M. I., Young, C., Amici, F., McFarland, R., Barrett, L., Grobler, J. P., Henzi, S. P., & Widdig, A. (2018) · Journal of Heredity · doi:10.1093/jhered/esy048 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Self-citationDoes Male Care, Provided to Immature Individuals, Influence Immature Fitness in Rhesus Macaques?
Langos, D., Kulik, L., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., & Widdig, A. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137841 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Self-citationFemale loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta L.) rarely remate during nesting season
Lasala, J. A., Hughes, C., & Wyneken, J. (2019) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.5869 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Variance in lifetime reproductive success of male polar bears
Richardson, E. S., Davis, C. S., Stirling, I., Derocher, A. E., Lunn, N. J., & Malenfant, R. M. (2020) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/araa074 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Rosenfield, K. A., Semple, S., Georgiev, A. V., Dario Maestripieri, A., Higham, J. P., & Dubuc, C. (2019) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.181415 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Self-citationHua, R., Hua, L., Tang, Z., Dong, R., Bao, D., Ye, G., La, M., Sun, W., Zhang, Z., Wang, L., et al. (2023) · Rangeland Ecology & Management · doi:10.1016/j.rama.2022.11.010 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Kolodny, O., & Stern, C. A. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06574-5 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Evolutionary and Life History Insights into Masculinity and Warfare
Bribiescas, R. G. (2020) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/711688 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Body size and canine size do not confer a competitive advantage in male rhesus macaques
Kimock, C. M., Brent, L. J. N., Dubuc, C., & Higham, J. P. (2022) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.01.011 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Self-citationResource variation generates positive correlations between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits
Supriya, K., Price, T. D., & Rowe, M. (2018) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/ary170 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Pfefferle, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., & Widdig, A. (2015) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-015-1979-9 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Self-citationGuatelli‐Steinberg, D., Guerrieri, T., Kensler, T. B., Maldonado, E., Francis, G., Kohn, L. A. P., Zhao, M. Q., Turnquist, J. E., & Wang, Q. (2022) · American Journal of Biological Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.24519 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Population Genetic Structure of the Cayo Santiago Colony of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Kanthaswamy, S., Oldt, R. F., Ng, J., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Maldonado, E., Martínez, M. I., & Sariol, C. A. (2017) · PubMed Central · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Self-citationHighly masculinized and younger males attain higher reproductive success in a social rodent
Correa, L. A., León, C., Ramírez‐Estrada, J., Ly-Prieto, Á., Abades, S. R., Hayes, L. D., Soto-Gamboa, M. R., & Ebensperger, L. A. (2018) · Behavioral Ecology · doi:10.1093/beheco/ary015 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Germain, R. R., Hallworth, M. T., Kaiser, S. A., Sillett, T. S., & Webster, M. S. (2021) · Evolution · doi:10.1111/evo.14166 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection
Carleial, R., Pizzari, T., Richardson, D. S., & McDonald, G. C. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36536-7 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Estimating realized relatedness in free-ranging macaques by inferring identity-by-descent segments
Freudiger, A., Jovanovic, V. M., Huang, Y., Snyder‐Mackler, N., Conrad, D. F., Miller, B., Montague, M. J., Westphal, H., Stadler, P. F., Bley, S., et al. (2025) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2401106122 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
Self-citationWikberg, E. C., Jack, K. M., Campos, F. A., Bergstrom, M. L., Kawamura, S., & Fedigan, L. M. (2022) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-022-03197-3 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
bojun, Y., Wang, S., Sun, T., Liu, R., Lawes, M. J., Yang, L., Liu, X., Li, Y., Huang, C., Zhou, Q., et al. (2023) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-023-03408-5 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Eichenberger, F., Carroll, E. L., Garrigue, C., Steel, D. J., Bonneville, C. D., Rendell, L. E., & Garland, E. C. (2025) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.241424 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Ishizuka, S., Inoue, E., & Kaji, Y. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309056 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Assessing Variance in Male Reproductive Skew Based on Long‐Term Data in Free‐Ranging Rhesus Macaques
Widdig, A., Engel, L., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Dubuc, C., & Weiß, B. M. (2024) · American Journal of Primatology · doi:10.1002/ajp.23687 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Self-citationCerrito, P., & Spear, J. K. (2023) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105437 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Linking male reproductive success to effort within and among nests in a co‐breeding stream fish
Kim, S., Hooten, M. B., Darden, T. L., & Kanno, Y. (2022) · Ethology · doi:10.1111/eth.13283 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Miles, M. I., Jaeggi, A. V., Festa‐Bianchet, M., Carsten Schradin, A., & Hayes, L. D. (2019) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/603399 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Genetic Tools to Investigate the Consequences of Sex
Gerber, L., & Krützen, M. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_2 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
fecundity in a non-human primate Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to
Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Widdig, A., Higham, J. P., Dubuc, C., Winters, S., Allen, W. L., Brent, L. J. N., & Cascio, J. (2014)
Self-citationRuiz-Lambides, A. V. (2017) · The International Encyclopedia of Primatology · doi:10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0261
Self-citationThe Role of Females in the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism and Mating Systems
Cassini, M. H. (2021) · Ethology and behavioral ecology of marine mammals · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_7
A review of the role of sexual selection in mammalsPreprint
Cassini, M. H. (2022) · doi:10.22541/au.164864956.65607454/v1
Bercovitch, F. B. (2017) · The International Encyclopedia of Primatology · doi:10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0035
Jack, K. M. (2017) · The International Encyclopedia of Primatology · doi:10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0440
Ishizuka, S., & Inoue, E. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.02.14.528291
Exploring inbreeding dynamics by considering reproductive bound and polygyny
Choi, J., & Park, J. (2023) · Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · doi:10.1063/5.0160583
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Huang, L., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Liufu, Z., Wen, H., & Wu, C. (2024) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2024.02.19.581083
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Huang, L.-Y., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Zhai, W., Liufu, Z., Wen, H., et al. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.99990
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Wen, H., & Wu, C. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.99990.1
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Wen, H., & Wu, C.-I. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.99990.1.sa0
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Liufu, Z., Wen, H., & Wu, C. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.99990.2
Ruan, Y., Wang, X., Hou, M., Huang, L.-Y., Diao, W., Tracy, M. E., Xu, S., Zhai, W., Liufu, Z., Wen, H., et al. (2025) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.99990.3
Pinheiro, T., de Queiroz, H. L., & Lopes, M. A. (2025) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-025-03580-w
Genomic evidence for males of exceptional reproductive output (ERO) in apes and humans
Wang, X., Chen, H., Zhang, L., Hou, M., Gao, Y., Lu, X., Fan, P., Tracy, M. E., Huang, L.-Y., Wen, H., et al. (2025) · National Science Review · doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaf257
Simulations of Life History Variation for Demographic Inference From Population Genomic Data
Mascarenhas, R., Hickerson, M. J., & Carnaval, A. C. (2025) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/mec.70155
Singchat, W., Wongloet, W., Budi, T., Panthum, T., Chaiyes, A., Jangtarwan, K., Duengkae, P., Payungporn, S., Meesawat, S., Kemthong, T., et al. (2025) · Journal of Heredity · doi:10.1093/jhered/esaf100
Jamaluddin, S. F., & Hanif, F. D. (2026) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2026.113830
Comparing the genomic inbreeding of an isolated rhesus macaque study population to wild populationsPreprint
Pautet, F., Freudiger, A., Ruiz-Lambides, A. V., Widdig, A., & Ringbauer, H. (2026) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.64898/2026.06.26.734461
Self-citation
- Authors
- Dubuc, C., Ruiz-Lambides, A., & Widdig, A.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
- University of Puerto Rico System (PR)
- Venue
- Behavioral Ecology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2014-04-29
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 878-889
- ISSN
- 1045-2249 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-7279
- PMC
- PMC4095946
- OpenAlex
- W2101756534
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 8.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behavioral Ecology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (P40OD012217)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- polygyny, rhesus monkeys, male-male competition, dominance hierarchy, polygynandry, reproductive skew, fecundity, longevity, reproductive period, opportunity for selection, Cayo Santiago
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
