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Ecological and demographic influences on the pattern of association in St. Kitts vervets |
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| Authors: | C. A. Chapman L. M. Fedigan L. Fedigan |
| Affiliation: | (1) Present address: Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, H3A 1B1 Montréal, Quebec, Canada;(2) Present address: Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, T6L 2E1 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;(3) Present address: Faculté St. Jean University of Alberta, T6E 2E1 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Abstract: | A group of St. Kitts vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) were observed to have an association pattern which involved the formation of spatially separated subgroups which were unstable in composition. Five types of subgroups are described which account for 94% of the associations observed. The size of the subgroups changed when the abundance and distribution of the available resources changed. Based on this observation and on an analysis of the diurnal patterning of subgroups, we suggest that the association pattern of the vervets is a response to the distribution of food resources and that it arose under specific demographic conditions. |
| Keywords: | Association patterns Social organization Vervets Cercopithecus aethiops |
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