THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERAMENT ON PAIRING SUCCESS IN RHESUS MACAQUES

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 将笼子里的猴子成双成对或小组饲养是俄勒冈州国家灵长类研究中心行为管理计划的重要组成部分。然而，结对是耗时的，而且猴子并不总是相容的。找到可以预测配对是否相容的因素将对配对的形成过程有很大帮助。此外，尽管人们通常认为结对居住的猴子比单独住在笼子里的压力要小，但生物医学研究机构中的一些猴子似乎与其他猴子不相容，它们在单独的笼子里可能会表现得更好，这些笼子里有不同的浓缩形式。这项研究的目的是调查气质是否对配对成功有任何影响。我们还测试了一种假设，即对于一些猴子来说，单独关在笼子里可能不会比住在一起更有压力。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Maintaining caged monkeys in pairs or small groups is an important part of the behavioral management plan of the Oregon National Primate Research Center. However, forming pairs is time consuming, and the monkeys are not always compatible. Finding factors that may predict whether a pair is compatible would aid greatly to the process of forming pairs. Further, while pair housing is typically thought to be less stressful than living alone in a cage, some monkeys in biomedical research facilities do not appear to be compatible with others, and may do better in single cages with alternate forms of enrichment. The goal of this study was to investigate whether temperament has any effect on pairing success. We also tested the hypothesis that for some monkeys, being individually caged may not be any more stressful than living in a pair.