23rd April, Julia Ostner, Dept. Behavioral Ecology, University of Göttingen, Germany
Title: The long reach of seasonal reproduction in wild macaques
Summary: Seasonal changes in ecological conditions and resources have promoted the evolution of seasonal reproduction in many mammals. In this talk, I use long-term data on a population of wild macaques in the North of Thailand to discuss how the timing of single and consecutive reproductive events can affect offspring survival, development, physiology, and behavior yielding pronounced variation among the offspring of the same and different mothers sharing the same habitat.
Suggested Readings:
Anzà S, Schneider D, Daniel R. Heistermann M, Sangmaneedet S, Ostner J, Schülke O (2023) The long-term gut bacterial signature of a wild primate is associated with timing effect of pre- and postnatal maternal glucocorticoid levels. Microbiome 11, 165
Schülke O, Ostner J, Berghänel A (2019) Prenatal maternal stress effects on the development of primate social behavior. Behavoural Ecology and Sociobiology 73, 128
Touitou S, Heistermann M, Schülke O & Ostner J (2021) The effect of reproductive state on activity budget, feeding behavior, and urinary C-peptide levels in wild female Assamese macaques. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75 128 (2021)