Social and spatial structure of vervet monkey troops

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dc.contributor.authorJosephs, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.contributor.supervisorHenzi, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T20:18:15Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T20:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the female social structure of free ranging vervet monkeys and how social structure affects spatial positioning of individuals in the troop. The effect of dominance hierarchies on female grooming interactions within troops on Samara Game Reserve has historically been quite dissimilar to patterns found in a population at Amboseli. Since the initial analysis of Samara cohorts, the troop sizes at Samara have decreased providing the opportunity to test whether the differences can be attributed to group size. These changes are argued to be due to dominance not being as influential a factor in large troops. In many primate groups dominance is a strong predictor of spatial position. However, since the Samara troop members tend to benefit from social integration but not necessarily dominance, I tested whether this is also the case in predation exposure. Broad social integration predicted lower levels of predation exposure whereas dominance did not.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3752
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0621en_US
dc.proquest.subject0475en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_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.subjectverveten_US
dc.subjectsocialen_US
dc.subjectspatialen_US
dc.titleSocial and spatial structure of vervet monkey troopsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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