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Folia Primatol (Basel). 1983;40(1-2):125-33. doi: 10.1159/000156094.
Bonnet (Macaca radiata) and rhesus (Macaca mulatta) macaque females were observed during the breeding season to evaluate differences in mating strategies between females without infants and females with dependent offspring. Rhesus nonmothers participated in consortships earlier in the breeding season and initiated and received more approaches with adult males than rhesus mothers did. Bonnet nonmothers entered estrus earlier, began copulating earlier, and approached and presented to adult males more often than bonnet mothers did. Interacting with males frequently and early in in the breeding season may improve nonmothers' chances of conceiving and bringing offspring to term, with little competition from mother peers.
在繁殖季节观察了帽猴（恒河猴）和恒河猴雌性，以评估无幼崽雌性和有依赖后代的雌性之间交配策略的差异。恒河猴未生育的雌性在繁殖季节更早地参与配偶关系，并且比恒河猴母亲与成年雄性发起和接受的接近行为更多。帽猴未生育的雌性更早进入发情期，更早开始交配，并且比帽猴母亲更频繁地接近和向成年雄性展示自己。在繁殖季节早期频繁与雄性互动可能会提高未生育雌性受孕并使后代足月出生的机会，而来自母亲同伴的竞争很少。
