How Many for Lunch Today? Seasonal Fission-Fusion Dynamics as a Feeding Strategy in Wild Red-Capped Mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)
| Autor: | Catherine Cooke, Francesc S. Beltran, Ruth Dolado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences Cercocebus Range (biology) Home range media_common.quotation_subject Population 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Competition (biology) Homing Behavior medicine Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Gabon 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Social Behavior education Ecosystem Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common Cercocebus torquatus Appetitive Behavior education.field_of_study biology National park Ecology 05 social sciences Seasonality biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Habitat Fruit Female Animal Science and Zoology Seasons |
| Zdroj: | Folia Primatologica. 87:197-212 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9980 0015-5713 |
| Popis: | For group-living primates, social organization hinges upon multiple factors, including group size, group cohesion, and the group's age and sex composition. Fission-fusion dynamics reduce the risks of living in a large group, which can include feeding competition related to the seasonality of resources. Here we report on the group dynamics (i.e. formation of parties) of a population of red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus) located in Sentier Nature forest, South Loango National Park, Gabon, and examine the role of fruit availability in episodes of fission-fusion and shifting range use during the peak fruiting season of 2014. To assess fission-fusion dynamics, we obtained data on party type (i.e. number, size and age-sex composition), the effect of availability of fruit from 4 tree species on the home range and habitat used by parties, and the periodicity of these processes. The results show that red-capped mangabeys displayed seasonal fission-fusion dynamics related to fruit availability during the season under study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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