Termination of reproduction in nonhuman and human female primates |
| |
| Authors: | T M Caro D W Sellen A Parish R Frank D M Brown E Voland and M Borgerhoff Mulder |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, 95616 Davis, California, USA;(2) Department of Anthropology, University of California, 95616 Davis, California, USA;(3) Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, 95616 Davis, California, USA;(4) Institute of Anthropology, University of Gottingen, Burgerstrasse 50, D-3400 Gottingen, Germany |
| |
| Abstract: | We examined demographic records from 13 captive primate species and a human population to determine age-related changes in
female reproduction. In most species age-specific fertility declined and interbirth intervals increased with age. Using an
operational definition of termination of reproduction based on individual variance in interbirth intervals, a proportion of
females in most nonhuman species had terminated reproduction before death. Compared to other primates, a greater proportion
of chimpanzees and human females ceased reproduction, and humans, in particular, were reproductively inactive for relatively
longer than would be expected from their body weight. These empirical data quantify the extent of reproductive termination
and thereby extend hitherto anecdotal accounts of this phenomenon in primates. |
| |
| Keywords: | age-specific fertility interbirth interval life history menopause postreproductive life span |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
