TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal aggression in lactating female Japanese macaques
T2 - Time course and interindividual variation
AU - Schino, Gabriele
AU - D'Amato, Francesca R.
AU - Troisi, Alfonso
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - This study investigated the aggressive behavior of female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata (Blyth, 1875)) during lactation. Following parturition, the frequency of aggression showed an initial decline during weeks 1-2 of infant life, then increased to peak during weeks 7-8 post partum, and finally declined again to prepartum levels. Neither the initial decline nor the subsequent increase in aggression rate post partum was related to sociodemographic characteristics of the mother-infant dyad or to measures of maternal style. These results suggest that variation in postpartum aggression may be influenced less by the quality of the mother-infant relationship than by the mother's relationships the mother has with group mates.
AB - This study investigated the aggressive behavior of female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata (Blyth, 1875)) during lactation. Following parturition, the frequency of aggression showed an initial decline during weeks 1-2 of infant life, then increased to peak during weeks 7-8 post partum, and finally declined again to prepartum levels. Neither the initial decline nor the subsequent increase in aggression rate post partum was related to sociodemographic characteristics of the mother-infant dyad or to measures of maternal style. These results suggest that variation in postpartum aggression may be influenced less by the quality of the mother-infant relationship than by the mother's relationships the mother has with group mates.
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U2 - 10.1139/z04-183
DO - 10.1139/z04-183
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20044368826
VL - 82
SP - 1975
EP - 1979
JO - Canadian Journal of Zoology
JF - Canadian Journal of Zoology
SN - 0008-4301
IS - 12
ER -