"Monogamy" in Primates: Variability, Trends, and Synthesis: Introduction to special issue on Primate Monogamy

作者：Diaz Munoz Samuel L; Bales Karen L^*

来源：American Journal of Primatology, 2016, 78(3): 283-287.

DOI：10.1002/ajp.22463

• monogamy
• mating systems
• resource defense
• pair-bond
• phenotypic plasticity

This paper is the introduction to a special issue on Monogamy' in Primates: Variability, Trends, and Synthesis. The term monogamy has undergone redefinition over the years, and is now generally understood to refer to certain social characteristics rather than to genetic monogamy. However, even the term social monogamy is used loosely to refer to species which exhibit a spectrum of social structures, mating patterns, and breeding systems. Papers in this volume address key issues including whether or not our definitions of monogamy should change in order to better represent the social and mating behaviors that characterize wild primates; whether or not primate groups traditionally considered monogamous are actually so (by any definition); ways in which captive studies can contribute to our understanding of monogamy; and what selective pressures might have driven the evolution of monogamous and non-monogamous single female breeding systems. Am. J. Primatol. 78:283-287, 2016.

• 出版日期2016-3