Refuge use and predation risk in a desert baboon population
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Baboons in Namibia were studied to assess whether they used cliff faces and trees to protect themselves against predators like lions and leopards. Four groups of baboons were studied and were found to spend time near refuges in preference to locations away from refuges. This was especially true for female baboons when the groups were relatively small. Traveling and feeding allow baboons less access to refuges so the pattern did not emerge as clearly as with grooming and resting. Baboons tend to leave areas rapidly if there is little refuge available.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Trade-offs between foraging and predation risk determine habitat use in a desert baboon population
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The effects of foraging and predation-risk on habitat use were analyzed in a desert population of Papio cynocephalus ursinus baboons. Analysis of habitat use in a desert population of baboons indicated a trade-off between foraging demands and predation threat. Baboons also preferred safer habitats when foraging, grooming or resting. Furthermore, the baboons did not follow an ideal free distribution when foraging and the patterns of habitat use were based on an anti-predator strategy.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Fission and troop size in a mountain baboon population
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Fission of large troops of mountain baboons is the mechanism responsible for the distribution of troop sizes in baboon (Papio cynocephalus) population. The hypothesis that low food availability caused by decreased forage efficiency accelerates fission in large troops was tested. It was concluded that fission in mountain baboons caused either by predation or inefficient foraging, may be due to the inability of individuals to service social relationships in growing troops.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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