MATING SEASON INFLUENCE ON ALLO GROOMING IN A CONFINED GROUP OF JAPANESE MACAQUES MACACA-FUSCATA-FUSCATA A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
MATING SEASON INFLUENCE ON ALLO GROOMING IN A CONFINED GROUP OF JAPANESE MACAQUES MACACA-FUSCATA-FUSCATA A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02381162
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
FUCCCILLO R
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作者:
D'AMATO F R;TROISI A;FUCCCILLO R
Three different quantitative parameters (frequency, duration and distribution) were used for studying allogrooming behavior in and outside the mating season in a Japanese macaque social group confined at the Rome Zoo [Italy]. On the whole, 106 h of observations were made using an all occurrences recording technique. Although individual grooming scores were collected, the quantitative analyses were mostly focused on the relationships between and within the age/sex classes. The mating season caused 2 basic changes in allogrooming: an amount increase; and a widening of individuals' range of interactions. The former variation proved to be widely independent of the latter. Relationships between the age/sex classes changed so that the mature females became the main target of grooming from other group members, male and female. On the contrary, 2 interactions trends did not seem to be affected by the mating season: the tendencies to groom agemates chiefly and to interact with relatives closely. The reorganization of grooming relatinships did not appear to weaken the group cohesion.