dc.contributor.author |
Fedigan, Linda M |
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dc.contributor.author |
Fedigan, Laurence |
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dc.contributor.author |
Chapman, Colin |
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dc.contributor.author |
Glander, Kenneth E |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-03-01T20:51:39Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1988-01-01 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0275-2565 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6300 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The ranging patterns of two male and five female spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
were studied with the use of radio telemetry in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.
The average size of a spider monkey home range was 62.4 hectares; however, range size
varied with sex, and, for females, with the presence of a dependent infant. The probability
of encountering a radio‐collared spider monkey in a three‐hour search using radio
telemetry (0.91) was much greater than using a visual search (0.20), and telemetric
data resulted in a larger estimate of mean home range size than did observational
data, when all subjects were compared. However, the difference appeared to be owing
to the presence of male ranges in the telemetric, but not the observational, data.
When the size of home ranges derived from radio‐tracking data for adult females was
compared to size of ranges for adult females derived from observations, the results
were not significantly different. Adult males had larger home ranges than adult females,
thus lending support to the hypothesis that males have adapted to the dispersion of
females by occupying a large home range that overlaps the ranges of several adult
females. The smallest home ranges were occupied by low‐weight females with dependent
infants, perhaps reflecting social and energetic constraints. Copyright © 1988 Wiley‐Liss,
Inc., A Wiley Company
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dc.publisher |
Wiley |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
American Journal of Primatology |
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dc.relation.isversionof |
10.1002/ajp.1350160104 |
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dc.relation.isreplacedby |
10161/6313 |
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dc.relation.isreplacedby |
http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6313 |
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dc.title |
Spider monkey home ranges: A comparison of radio telemetry and direct observation |
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dc.type |
Journal article |
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duke.contributor.id |
Glander, Kenneth E|0114425 |
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pubs.begin-page |
19 |
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pubs.end-page |
29 |
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pubs.issue |
1 |
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pubs.organisational-group |
Duke |
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pubs.organisational-group |
Evolutionary Anthropology |
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pubs.organisational-group |
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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pubs.volume |
16 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1098-2345 |
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duke.contributor.orcid |
Glander, Kenneth E|0000-0001-9563-4660 |
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