Spatial patterns within gelada monkey one male units at Guassa, Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorErskine, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorHenzi, Peter
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-20T18:30:33Z
dc.date.available2016-05-20T18:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractI used repeated, accurate positional data, collected between October 2013 and January 2014, on all adult members of nine gelada monkey One-Male Units (OMUs) living at Guassa, Ethiopia to investigate the consequences of a modular, multilevel social organization for the spatial associations of individuals. The results indicate that distances between individuals within OMUs did not change with increasing group size, such that larger OMUs necessarily occupied more space. Unit males were significantly more likely to be in the vanguard. The group geometry of OMUs was distinctive in that all groups, being stretched along the axis of travel, were best described as files. The extent of conformity to a file was best explained by activity and travel speed, rather than by demographic or ecological factors. These results are interpreted in the context of the optimization of foraging by OMU members living in the immediate proximity of other OMUs.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4485
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectinter-individual distancesen_US
dc.subjectnearest neighbour distancesen_US
dc.subjectspatial associationsen_US
dc.subjectaxis of travelen_US
dc.subjectspatial patternsen_US
dc.subjectmodular social organizationen_US
dc.subjectsocio-spatal coordinationen_US
dc.subjectgroup structureen_US
dc.titleSpatial patterns within gelada monkey one male units at Guassa, Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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