A MODEL OF THE GELADA SOCIOECOLOGICAL SYSTEM

被引：48

作者：

DUNBAR, RIM

机构：

[1] Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, Gower Street

来源：

PRIMATES | 1992年 / 33卷 / 01期

关键词：

GELADA; TIME BUDGETS; GROUP SIZE; SOCIOECOLOGY; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02382763

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

Data from three populations of gelada baboons are used to generate a model of the species' socio-ecology that relates time budget requirements to group size, day journey length, and relevant environmental parameters. The model is used to examine the range of environmental conditions under which gelada could survive. This analysis indicates that a grazing primate like the gelada would run out of available time for foraging at just above and just below the altitudes at which they are now found. This suggests that, contrary to previous supposition, gelada were not driven into a retreat habitat by more competitive Papio baboons, but rather withdrew from lower altitude habitats because they could not survive under these conditions as the climate deteriorated during the Holocene.

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页码：69 / 83

页数：15

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