Data from: Beyond orphaned infants: novel effects of maternal death in wild primates

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Primate offspring often depend on their mothers well beyond the age of weaning, and offspring that experience maternal death in early life can suffer substantial reductions in fitness across the lifespan. Here we leverage data from eight wild primate populations (seven species) to examine two underappreciated pathways linking early maternal death and offspring fitness that are distinct from direct effects of orphaning on offspring survival. First, we show that, for five of the seven species, offspring face reduced survival during the years immediately preceding maternal death, while the mother is still alive. Second, we identify an intergenerational effect of early maternal loss in three species (muriquis, baboons, and blue monkeys), such that early maternal death experienced in one generation leads to reduced offspring survival in the next. Our results have important implications for the evolution of slow life histories in primates, as they suggest that maternal condition and survival are more important for offspring fitness than previously realized. ... [Read More]

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Zipple, M., Altmann, J., Campos, F., Cords, M., Lawler, R., Londsdorf, E., Perry, S., Pusey, A., Stoinski, T. Strier, K., Alberts, S. (2020). Data from: Beyond orphaned infants: novel effects of maternal death in wild primates. Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r44f1tk8k

Creator: Campos, Fernando A.
Strier, Karen B.
Zipple, Matthew N.
Perry, Susan
Pusey, Anne E.
Altmann, Jeanne
Londsdorf, Elizabeth V.
Lawler, Richard R.
Cords, Marina
Stoinski, Tara S.
Alberts, Susan C.
DOI: 10.7924/r44f1tk8k
Subject: Intergenerational effects
Biology
Maternal loss
Life history
Early adversity
Publication Date: October 26, 2020
ARK: ark:/87924/r44f1tk8k
Publisher: Duke Research Data Repository
Type: Dataset
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Related Materials: “Maternal Death and Offspring Fitness in Multiple Wild Primates,” Zipple, M. N., Altmann, J., Campos, F. A., Cords, M., Fedigan, L. M., Lawler, R. R., Lonsdorf, E. V., Perry, S., Pusey, A. E., Stoinski, T. S., Strier, K. B., Alberts, S. C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dec. 21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015317118
Contact: Matthew Zipple, ORCiD: 0000-0003-3451-2103; matthew.zipple@duke.edu
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
Title: Data from: Beyond orphaned infants: novel effects of maternal death in wild primates
License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Repository: Duke Research Data Repository

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