ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Linking cognition with fitness in a wild primate: fitness correlates of problem-solving performance and spatial learning ability.
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Abstract
Linking the cognitive performance of wild animals with fitness consequences is crucial for understanding evolutionary processes that shape individual variation in cognition. However, the few studies that have examined these links revealed differing relationships between various cognitive performance measures and fitness proxies. To contribute additional comparative data to this body of research, we linked individual performance during repeated problem-solving and spatial learning ability in a maze with body condition and survival in wild grey mouse lemurs (
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