Beyond orphaned infants: novel effects of maternal death in wild primates
M. N. Zipple, J. Altmann, F. A. Campos, M. Cords, L. M. Fedigan, R. R. Lawler, E. V. Lonsdorf, S. Perry, A. E. Pusey, T. S. Stoinski, K. Strier, S. C. Alberts
The paper examines the effects of maternal death on offspring fitness in wild primates, finding reduced survival before maternal death and intergenerational fitness impacts in three species.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2020Evolutionary Biology