Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervets in Kenya

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses.Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-07-11
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePrimate Field Studies
Antal sidor192
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138403741

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Dr. Jill Pruetz is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Iowa State University, specializing in Biological Anthropology. As a primatologist, Dr. Pruetz has studied the behavior of non-human primates such as chimpanzees, spider monkeys, howling monkeys, tamarins, patas monkeys, and vervets in various locales. Countries in which she has conducted fieldwork include Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Senegal. Dr. Pruetz is especially interested in the influence of ecology on primate and early human feeding, ranging, and social behavior. She currently has a research project in southeastern Senegal which has been funded by National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation.

CH. 1: The Research QuestionStudy species — Vervets and patas monkeysQuestions and hypothesesSocioecological theory - Food resources and primate behaviorScramble and contest competitionSocial dominanceModels of female social relationshipsTesting the models on Segera: A natural ecological experimentHolding habitat constantOther factors affecting female social behaviorProject goals revisitedStudy groupsStudy subjectsCH. 2. Measuring primate behavior and ecology“Measuring” ecologyMeasuring food availabilityCommonly used methodsPrimates’ perceptions of the foods available to themClumped resources and contest competitionCH. 3: Foods available to vervet and patas monkeysHypotheses and predictionsDefining a food patchMeasuring food availabilityLarge-scale food availabilityMethodsResultsSmall-scale food availabilityMethodsResultsSwollen thorn foodsFoods in the riverine habitatHerbaceous level food availabilityFood availability on SegeraCH. 4: Feeding behavior of vervets and patas monkeysStudying the feeding behavior of sympatric speciesVervets and patas monkeys: Expected differences and similaritiesWhistling-thorn Acacia: Why focus on one food species?Feeding behaviorContinuous samplingBout samplingRank-related differences in feeding behaviorPatch depletionMonkeys, Acacia, and antsSpecies differencesWithin-species differences according to rankCH. 5: Contest competition and dominance in vervetsThe concept of dominanceTesting hypothesesResults: Contest competition and dominance in vervetsDominance patterns and feeding competition in vervetsThe significance of dominance to vervetsDominance style in Segera vervets“Typical” cercopithecines?Why a stable, linear dominance hierarchy on Segera?CH. 6: Comparing vervet and patas monkeys in the same habitat.Questions and PredictionsAgonistic and dominance behaviorFood contestability in vervets and patas monkeysDominance in adult femalesFeeding competition and whistling-thorn foodsSignificance of feeding competition to vervet and patas monkeysCH. 7: Food availability, feeding competition and dominance in vervet and patas monkeys.Female contest competition and dominance in vervets and patas monkeys on SegeraHow do the models rate?Summary and implications for future research