Seasonal breeding in rhesus monkeys

Influence of the behavioral environment

Bibliographic Data

ID19387572
AuthorsJames G Herndon (Emory University, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume5
Issue3
Pages197-204
Publication date1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajp.1350050303
PMID31986861
OpenAlexW2027926743
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited27

The accepted model of breeding seasonality in rhesus monkeys states that females become reproductively active in response to an environmental cue and that males become sexually active in response to ovulating females. This model must be modified to include direct responses of the male to the physical environment, endocrine responses of males to sexual activity, and responses of the female to the sexual activation of fellow group members. The complex set of social stimuli that influences the breeding readiness of both sexes may serve to delimit more precisely the annual periods of conception and birth than would be the case if each individual responded only to the changing physical environment

Animal science · Biology · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Physiology