Berman Carol M
Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Caribbean Primate Research Center, Box 906, Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico.
Am J Primatol. 1990;22(3):159-169. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350220303.
This paper assesses the extent to which free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago show consistent mother-infant interaction with individual infants over time and consistent maternal styles from one infant to another. Inter-pair differences in several measures of mother-infant interaction related to proximity and contact were correlated positively and highly significantly between 6-week age periods. Analysis of variance methods were used to show that, after the first 6 weeks, these measures of interaction were also more similar among pairs with the same mother (i.e., families) than among pairs with different mothers. Differences between families were also consistent between age periods, and appeared to be due primarily to differences between mothers rather than to differences between sets of infant siblings. The results suggest that the concept of maternal style can be used to describe variation between both individual Cayo Santiago mother-infant pairs and between individual Cayo Santiago mothers.
本文评估了圣地亚哥岛上自由放养的恒河猴（猕猴）与个体幼崽之间随着时间推移母婴互动的一致性，以及不同幼崽之间母亲养育方式的一致性。在6周龄期间，与接近度和接触相关的几种母婴互动测量指标的配对间差异呈正相关且高度显著。方差分析方法表明，在最初的6周之后，同一母亲（即同一家族）的配对间这些互动指标也比不同母亲的配对间更为相似。不同家族之间的差异在不同年龄阶段也保持一致，并且似乎主要是由于母亲之间的差异，而非幼崽兄弟姐妹群体之间的差异。结果表明，母亲养育方式的概念可用于描述圣地亚哥岛个体母婴配对之间以及圣地亚哥岛个体母亲之间的差异。
