Despotic wild patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Kala Maloue, Cameroon
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The hypothesis of the socio-ecological model that quality, distribution, and patch size of food resources decide the dominance hierarchy of female monkey based on the type of food competition faced by them, is analyzed and compared with patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and sympatric savannah monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) in the Kala Molue National Park, in Cameroon. It is found that the predictions of the socio-ecological structure are true and that it is applicable to interspecific comparisons as well as intraspecific comparisons.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2008
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Female dominance and feeding priority in a Prosimian primate: Experimental manipulation of feeding competition
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A series of experimental feeding trials that were conducted using a social group of free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs in which female feeding priority and female dominance were extensively studied are described. It is concluded that the male and female species in this captive populations showed different behavioral strategies depending on age, rank, and dispersal of food to meet daily energetic demands and reproduce.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2007
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Seasonal variation of diet and food availability in a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China
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A study of the diet and food availability of a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in the Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China is illustrated where the monkeys exhibit seasonal changes in their dietary habits depending on the availability of numerous tree species. It also shows that monkeys are primarily lichen eaters and so the conservation of lichens is therefore crucial to their survival.
Publication Name: American Journal of Primatology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0275-2565
Year: 2006
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