- Collection:
- Enhancing Global Research and Education in STEM at Spelman College (G-STEM)
- Title:
- The relationship between maternal rank and infant behaviors: An examination of green monkeys in Barbados, 2017
- Creator:
- Lee, Amani
Kenniel, Kelsey
Williams, Katelyn - Date of Original:
- 2017
- Subject:
- Science
Technology--Study and teaching - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- abstracts (summaries)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Maternal characteristics and their relationship with infant outcomes have been investigated in many species, including primates. The rank of an animal is determined by how dominant an individual is in their group. Social rank is often defined in three categories: high, medium, and low (Kutsukake, 2000). In primates, rank varies between females and males. In this study we investigated the association between maternal rank and the affiliative, agonistic, solitary, and anxiety behaviors of infant green monkeys (Chloreocebus sabaeus). The hypothesis that was studied was the higher a mother's rank, the more affiliative behavior infants will display. This will be due to infants of higher ranking mothers being provided with more opportunities to interact and be social with others without their well-being at risk.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.gstem:2017_lee_amani
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Enhancing Global Research and Education in STEM at Spelman College (G-STEM)
- Holding Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
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