Comparing the Fission-Fusion Dynamics of Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) From Day to Night
| atmire.migration.oldid | 2565 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pavelka, Mary | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, Meredith R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-23T21:07:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-17T08:00:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09-23 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2014 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Environmental resource and risk both constrain grouping patterns, but may be weighted differently between day and night. Primates with high fission-fusion dynamics may change their grouping patterns and behavior in tandem with a shift from resource competition to risk avoidance. Using scan data (January 2013-August 2013), I compared subgroup size, stability, cohesion, behavior, and sleeping tree reuse patterns of black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) at day and dusk at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve, Belize. At dusk, subgroup size significantly increased, and the monkeys rested and engaged in actively social behavior significantly more than during the day. Individuals clustered into family groups at dusk, increasing their distance from presumed non-relatives. Some sleeping trees were preferentially reused over others. Predation risk may make a larger, more cohesive subgroup optimal at night, but the limited quantity and fixed location of preferentially reused sleeping trees may keep subgroups from dramatically changing. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Brown, M. R. (2014). Comparing the Fission-Fusion Dynamics of Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) From Day to Night (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25371 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25371 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1786 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Anthropology--Physical | |
| dc.subject.classification | primate behavior | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | grouping patterns | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Fission-Fusion Dynamics | en_US |
| dc.title | Comparing the Fission-Fusion Dynamics of Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) From Day to Night | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Anthropology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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