Sexual Interference Behaviors in Male Adult and Subadult Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Male nonhuman primate sexual interference, which includes copulation interruption and copulation harassment, has been related to reproductive success, but its significance has been challenging to test.
Kui-Hai Pang +5 more
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Collective Movement in the Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana): Early Joiners Write the Rule of the Game. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Collective behavior has recently attracted a great deal of interest in both natural and social sciences. While the role of leadership has been closely scrutinized, the rules used by joiners in collective decision making have received far less attention ...
Xi Wang +5 more
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Sex-Specific Variation of Social Play in Wild Immature Tibetan Macaques, Macaca thibetana [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Theories proposed to explain social play have centered on its function in establishing social relationships critical for adulthood, its function in developing motor skills needed to survive, and promoting cognitive development and social learning.
Tong Wang +6 more
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Female behavioral strategies during consortship in Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Consortship has been defined as a temporary association between an adult male and an estrous/receptive female. It has been considered as male mating strategies to improve male mating success and potential reproductive success.
Qi‐Xin Zhang +3 more
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Captivity Is Associated With Gut Mycobiome Composition in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Although recent studies have revealed that gut fungi may play an important functional role in animal biology and health, little is known concerning the effects of anthropogenic pressures on the gut mycobiome.
Binghua Sun +20 more
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Effects of Age, Sex, and Social Network on Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut Microbiome of Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe transmission and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have increasingly drawn global attention. However, our knowledge of the antibiotic resistance gene pool in wild primates' gut microbiomes and its influencing factors remains limited.
Yue Ling +6 more
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Maternal and infantile gut mycobiome during the weaning period in free ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Gut microbiome is critical to the health of mammals. Many previous studies have revealed the gut bacterial microbiomes of mother and infant changed significantly during the weaning period.
Ran Yue +7 more
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Variation of Gut Microbiome in Free-Ranging Female Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) across Different Reproductive States [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The gut microbiome is expected to adapt to the varying energetic and nutritional pressures in females of different reproductive states. Changes in the gut microbiome may lead to varying nutrient utilizing efficiency in pregnant and lactating female ...
Binghua Sun +8 more
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Video‐Sound Recording Devices Reveal Multiple Drivers of Nocturnal Vocalizations in Tibetan Macaques [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNocturnal vocalizations not only reflect communications at night, but also reveal adaptive strategies of animals. Previous research focused on the vocalizations of nocturnal species, with little attention to nocturnal vocalizations in diurnal animals ...
Xin Gao +10 more
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Genomics Insights Into High‐Latitude Adaptation of Tibetan Macaques [PDF]
Advanced ScienceFew nonhuman primates inhabit high‐latitude regions that pose significant adaptive challenges. The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) represents a rare primate species entirely distributed north of the Tropic of Cancer.
Rusong Zhang +12 more
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