| dc.description.abstract | Non-monogamous males that provide care to their offspring face a potential conflict in
investment between paternal care and mating effort. This conflict arises either because of
resource or temporal constraints. I investigated potential conflict between paternal care and
mating effort among adult male baboons that are part of a wild population in the Amboseli
basin, southern Kenya. Specifically, I determined whether the number of a male's immature
offspring (1) is correlated with the male's intensity of paternal care,(2) constrains the male's
mating effort,(3) constrains the male's intensity of mate guarding,(4) is correlated with the
male's concentrations of testosterone, and (5) influences the male's dispersal decisions. | en_US |
