California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis.
Am J Primatol. 1983;5(3):277-281. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350050314.
An outbreak of severe aggression occurred among females in a rhesus macaque breeding group at the California Primate Research Center four years after the group was established. During the breeding season in which this occurred, the incidence of injured females in other breeding groups at the Primate Center was significantly higher than in the previous year. This breeding season was the first in which a large number of females reached sexual maturity. The group in which the most severe aggression occurred contained the largest number and proportion of maturing females. Evidence suggests that the simultaneous maturation of a large cohort of adolescent females may be associated with increased levels of aggression, and that this aggression may be intensified by certain aspects of captivity.
在加利福尼亚灵长类动物研究中心的一个恒河猴繁殖群体中，在该群体建立四年后，发生了一起严重的雌性攻击事件。在发生这种情况的繁殖季节，灵长类中心其他繁殖群体中受伤的雌性数量明显高于前一年。这是繁殖季节中大量雌性达到性成熟的第一年。发生最严重攻击事件的群体中包含最多数量和比例的成熟雌性。有证据表明，大量青春期雌性的同时成熟可能与攻击性水平的增加有关，而这种攻击性可能会因某些方面的圈养而加剧。
