Trade-off between fertility and predation risk drives a geometric sequence in the pattern of group sizes in baboons
dc.contributor | Aalto-yliopisto | fi |
dc.contributor | Aalto University | en |
dc.contributor.author | Dunbar, R. I.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | MacCarron, Padraig | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Robertson, Cole | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Computer Science | en |
dc.contributor.organization | University of Oxford | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-04T09:38:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-04T09:38:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Group-living offers both benefits (protection against predators, access to resources) and costs (increased ecological competition, the impact of group size on fertility). Here, we use cluster analysis to detect natural patternings in a comprehensive sample of baboon groups, and identify a geometric sequence with peaks at approximately 20, 40, 80 and 160. We suggest (i) that these form a set of demographic oscillators that set habitat-specific limits to group size and (ii) that the oscillator arises from a trade-off between female fertility and predation risk. | en |
dc.description.version | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.format.extent | 1-4 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Dunbar, R I M, MacCarron, P & Robertson, C 2018, ' Trade-off between fertility and predation risk drives a geometric sequence in the pattern of group sizes in baboons ', Biology Letters, vol. 14, no. 3, 20170700, pp. 1-4 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0700 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0700 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1744-9561 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: a6e854a3-959b-41dc-84a9-f923d48b6350 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | PURE ITEMURL: https://research.aalto.fi/en/publications/a6e854a3-959b-41dc-84a9-f923d48b6350 | en_US |
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dc.identifier.other | PURE FILEURL: https://research.aalto.fi/files/18698349/20170700.full.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/30597 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201804042060 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Biology Letters | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 14, issue 3 | en |
dc.rights | openAccess | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Evolutionarily stable strategy | en_US |
dc.subject.keyword | Fertility | en_US |
dc.subject.keyword | Fission | en_US |
dc.subject.keyword | Predation risk | en_US |
dc.subject.keyword | Social organization | en_US |
dc.title | Trade-off between fertility and predation risk drives a geometric sequence in the pattern of group sizes in baboons | en |
dc.type | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä | fi |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion |