Dissertation Research: Female Bonding and Tolerance Among Unrelated Adults of Disparate Rank in Captive Rhesus Monkeys

本研究将调查 不同等级的无亲缘关系的成年雌性恒河猴。 将在给药前、给药期间和给药后对个体病灶动物进行随访。 在食物交付后，连同所有动物的扫描， 喂食 目的是调查为什么有些下属 获得首选的新鲜食物。 特别感兴趣的是 下属是否有选择地加入他们的主导分支机构 在喂食的情况下。 这些数据，加上以前的数据， 研究人员收集的数据将揭示 时间的频繁联系对。 这项研究将推进我们对下属如何 动物在一个被统治的群体中生存， 竞争性和非竞争性喂养的社会方面。 这些 研究结果将对当前的基团键合理论和 互惠利他主义

This study will investigate affiliated relationships between unrelated adult rhesus monkey females of disparate rank. Individual focal animals will be followed before, during, and after food delivery, together with scans of all animals which are feeding. The purpose is to investigate why some subordinates gain access to preferred fresh food. Of particular interest is whether subordinates selectively join their dominant affiliates in feeding situations. These data, together with data previously collected by the investigators will reveal the stability over time of frequently affiliating pairs. This study will advance our understanding of how subordinate animals survive in a group where they are dominated, and of the social aspects of competitive and noncompetitive feeding. These results will bear on current theories of both group bonding and reciprocal altruism.