Management of a harem breeding colony of rhesus monkeys to reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality (1985)

Kessler, M. J., London, W. T., Rawlins, R. G. et al.

Abstract

Mortality rates per year were reduced from 13.4% to 3.5% when monkeys were maintained in permanent harems to which returning females were reintroduced compared to new social groups formed from aggregates of unfamiliar animals.