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ArticleEcology and evolution2018

Stronger social bonds do not always predict greater longevity in a gregarious primate.

Nicole A Thompson, Marina Cords

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Weak, but not strong, ties support coalition formation among wild female chimpanzees.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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  15. Evolutionary Approaches in Aging Research.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2022
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  17. Sociability increases survival of adult female giraffes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021
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  18. Social bonds, social status and survival in wild baboons: a tale of two sexes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole A ThompsonDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University New York NY USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3195-1277
Marina CordsDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Columbia University New York NY USA.
New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In group-living species, individuals often have preferred affiliative social partners, with whom ties or bonds can confer advantages that correspond with greater fitness. For example, in adult female baboons and juvenile horses, individuals with stronger or more social ties experience greater survival. We used detailed behavioral and life history records to explore the relationship between tie quality and survival in a gregarious monkey (

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fitnesssocial partner consistencysocial relationshipssocial tiessurvival

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PMID29435236
PMCPMC5792528
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