Reduced injury risk links sociality to survival in a group-living primate

Pavez-Fox, MA, Kimock, CM ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-7427, Rivera-Barreto, N, Negron-Del Valle, JE, Phillips, D, Ruiz-Lambides, A, Snyder-Mackler, N, Higham, JP, Siracusa, ER and Brent, LJN, 2022. Reduced injury risk links sociality to survival in a group-living primate. iScience, 25 (11): 105454. ISSN 2589-0042

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Abstract

Sociality has been linked to a longer lifespan in many mammals, including humans. Yet, how sociality results in survival benefits remains unclear. Using 10 years of data and over 1,000 recorded injuries in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), we tested two injury-related mechanisms by which social status and affiliative partners might influence survival. Injuries increased individual risk of death by 3-fold in this dataset. We found that sociality can affect individuals’ survival by reducing their risk of injury but had no effect on the probability of injured individuals dying. Both males and females of high social status (measured as female matrilineal rank and male group tenure) and females with more affiliative partners (estimated using the number of female relatives) experienced fewer injuries and thus were less likely to die. Collectively, our results offer rare insights into one mechanism that can mediate the well-known benefits of sociality on an individual’s fitness.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	iScience
Creators:	Pavez-Fox, M.A., Kimock, C.M., Rivera-Barreto, N., Negron-Del Valle, J.E., Phillips, D., Ruiz-Lambides, A., Snyder-Mackler, N., Higham, J.P., Siracusa, E.R. and Brent, L.J.N.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	18 November 2022
Volume:	25
Number:	11
ISSN:	2589-0042
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105454 DOI 1734969 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	22 Feb 2023 12:31
Last Modified:	22 Feb 2023 12:31
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48397

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