EFFECTS OF GROUP COMPOSITION ON AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR OF CAPTIVE PIGTAIL MACAQUES, MACACA-NEMESTRINA
EFFECTS OF GROUP COMPOSITION ON AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR OF CAPTIVE PIGTAIL MACAQUES, MACACA-NEMESTRINA
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DOI:
10.1002/ajpa.1330460110
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
ERWIN, J
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作者:
DAZEY, J;KUYK, K;ERWIN, J
Agonistic behaviors of 20 captive groups of pigtail macaques (M. nemestrina) housed under identical spatial conditions were surveyed. Fifteen groups contained 1 male each; the other 5 groups contained no adult males. Groups included 6-12 adult females, some of which had infants with them. No relationship was found between social density of groups and incidence of agonistic behavior, but significantly more contact aggression (grab, hit, push, bite) and noncontact aggression (chase, open-mouth threat, bark vocalization) occurred among females in groups containing no males than in those containing 1 male each. Apparently, males played an important role in the inhibition of intragroup conflict. Females in groups containing males exhibited less noncontact aggression if infants were present than if no infants resided in their groups. Competition of females over infants must not have been an important constituent of intragroup conflict under the conditions of this survey.