Social Dynamics of Primates

灵长类动物的社会动态

• 批准号: 8704458
• 负责人: Richard Wrangham
• 金额: $ 12.58万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-08-01 至 1990-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8704458&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Social; Dynamics; Primates

This grant provides support for two years of field research by Dr. Wrangham and his colleagues in the Kibale Forest which is located in southern Uganda. This area has an extremely high density of primates and the reseachers will focus their attention on the common chimpanzee >Pan> >troglodytes>. In the two related aspects of the study they will study the process of chimpanzee group socialization and also examine the food calls made by these animals. To accomplish these goals, they will make focal observations on adults encountered within the study area. They will record both activities of individual animals and will also note the composition of the group of which this animal is a member. A series of such observations will allow the reconstruction of the composition, fission and fusion of such groups. The team will also conduct focal tree.watches on fruiting trees and this will allow them to study how different groups and individuals share valuable limited resources. They will record information on the ecology of the entire study area to determine both density and distribution of resources. Finally they will record chimpanzee vocalizations and through a combination of laboratory and situational analysis attempt to determine the number of different calls and the purpose or meaning of each. The goal of this study is to understand the factors which determine how chimpanzees utilize the environment and the relationship between this strategy and group composition. Previous research has made it clear that in different parts of Africa these animals are organized differently and it seems likely that environment plays a role. However no detailed studies have been conducted to answer this question. Closely related to the question of group organization is the issue of cooperation between individuals. Since vocalization sometimes serves to announce the presence of food, through a study of calls, insight will, hopefully, be gained into the kinds of cooperation which take place. This research is important for several reasons. First it sets the context for understanding how humans act. Secondly data collected may help to preserve these rare animals which are endangered in many parts of Africa. Finally, because of the participation of Ugandian students and scientists it should help strengthen the Ugandian scientific establishment and help forge links between Ugandian and U.S. reseachers.

该补助金为两年的实地研究提供支持， 兰厄姆博士和他的同事在基巴莱森林， 位于乌干达南部。这个地区有着极高的 灵长类动物的密度和研究人员将集中注意力 关于普通黑猩猩>潘> >穴居人>。在两个相关的 他们将研究黑猩猩的过程 群体社会化，并检查这些食物的呼吁， 动物为了实现这些目标，他们将重点 对研究区域内遇到的成年人进行观察。他们 将记录每只动物的活动， 注意这只动物所属群体的组成 会员是否一系列这样的观察将使 重建的组成，裂变和融合， 组该小组还将进行重点tree.watches上的结果 这将使他们能够研究不同的群体， 个人共享宝贵的有限资源。他们会记录 整个研究区域的生态信息，以确定 资源的密度和分布。最后他们会 记录黑猩猩的叫声， 实验室和情景分析试图确定 不同呼叫的数量以及每个呼叫的目的或意义。 本研究的目的是了解影响 确定黑猩猩如何利用环境和 这种策略与群体构成之间的关系。 以前的研究已经清楚地表明，在不同的地方， 非洲这些动物的组织方式不同 很可能是环境起了作用。然而，没有详细的研究 已经被用来回答这个问题。紧紧围绕 群体组织问题就是合作问题 个体之间的关系。因为发声有时候 宣布食物的存在，通过研究电话，洞察力 希望能得到合作， 发生。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。首先，它设置了 理解人类行为的背景。第二，收集数据 可能有助于保护这些濒临灭绝的珍稀动物， 非洲的许多地区。最后，由于参与 乌干达的学生和科学家，它应该帮助加强 乌干达的科学机构，并帮助建立联系， 乌干达和美国的研究人员。