Food Competition in a Semi-Free-Ranging Cebus apella Group


Autoria(s): FERREIRA, Renata G.; LEE, Phyllis C.; IZAR, Patricia
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2008

Resumo

The competitive regime faced by individuals is fundamental to modelling the evolution of social organization. In this paper, we assess the relative importance of contest and scramble food competition on the social dynamics of a provisioned semi-free-ranging Cebus apella group (n=18). Individuals competed directly for provisioned and clumped foods. Effects of indirect competition were apparent with individuals foraging in different areas and with increased group dispersion during periods of low food abundance. We suggest that both forms of competition can act simultaneously and to some extent synergistically in their influence on social dynamics; the combination of social and ecological opportunities for competition and how those opportunities are exploited both influence the nature of the relationships within social groups of primates and underlie the evolved social structure. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel

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PRODOC/PRODEMAUFRN[P. I.: 00022/03-9]

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Identificador

FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, v.79, n.6, p.463-475, 2008

0015-5713

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/32139

10.1159/000158525

http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000158525

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eng

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KARGER

Relação

Folia Primatologica

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restrictedAccess

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Palavras-Chave #Brown capuchins #Activity budgets #Dominance #Competition #Social proximity #Socio-ecological models #BROWN CAPUCHIN MONKEYS #FEMALE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS #WHITE-FACED CAPUCHINS #INDIVIDUAL SPATIAL CHOICE #FORAGING GROUPS #ECOLOGICAL MODELS #TREE METHOD #GROUP-SIZE #CAPUCINUS #PRIMATES #Zoology
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