Dissertation Research: The Socioecology of the Yunnan Snub--nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus Bieti)

论文研究：云南金丝猴（Rhinopithecus Bieti）的社会生态学

• 批准号: 9201287
• 金额: $ 1.08万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-15 至 1995-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9201287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Socioecology; Yunnan; Snub

Ecological theories that explain why groups of animals are a given size provide the hottest debates in ecology today. The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Colobinae: Rhinopithecus bieti) is unusual in that it lives in coniferous forests, has uncommon food resources (moss and lichen), and shows a striking pattern of social and spacing behavior, including group sizes of up to 250 individuals. Given the large group sizes and uncommon food resources, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey presents an excellent opportunity to test theories of grouping behavior that suggest a relationship between the distribution of food resources and the size of social groups. The study will take place in northwestern Yunnan, the People's Republic of China. The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey lives only in China, is extremely rare (only 2,000 individuals remain), and receives top-level protection under Chinese law. The study will provide vital information for conservation managers currently working to protect this species. This project, furthermore, will train Chinese scientists and nature reserve staff in advanced techniques for research and conservation.

解释动物群体为何有一定规模的生态学理论是当今生态学中最激烈的争论。云南金丝猴（Colobinae: Rhinopithecus bieti）的不同寻常之处在于，它生活在针叶林中，拥有不寻常的食物资源（苔藓和地衣），并表现出惊人的社会和间隔行为模式，包括群体规模高达250只。考虑到云南仰鼻猴庞大的群体规模和不常见的食物资源，它提供了一个绝佳的机会来测试群体行为理论，这些理论表明食物资源的分布与社会群体的规模之间存在关系。该研究将在中华人民共和国云南省西北部进行。云南仰鼻猴只生活在中国，极为罕见（仅存2000只），受到中国法律的最高保护。这项研究将为目前致力于保护该物种的保护管理人员提供重要信息。此外，该项目将为中国科学家和自然保护区工作人员提供先进的研究和保护技术培训。