Food Competition in a Semi-Free-Ranging Cebus apella Group
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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20/10/2012
20/10/2012
2008
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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 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) CAPES[R. G. F.: 2172-97/6] PRODOC/PRODEMAUFRN[P. I.: 00022/03-9] PRODOC/PRODEMAUFRN |
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FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, v.79, n.6, p.463-475, 2008 0015-5713 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/32139 10.1159/000158525 |
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eng |
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KARGER |
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Folia Primatologica |
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restrictedAccess Copyright KARGER |
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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