Sociality in Callithrix penicillata: II. Individual Strategies During Intergroup Encounters |
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Authors: | Daniel P Decanini Regina H Macedo |
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Institution: | 1. Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, D.F., 70919–970, Brazil 3. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 3800 Victoria, Australia 2. Departamento de Zoologia–IB, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, D.F., 70919–970, Brazil
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Abstract: | In social animals, intergroup interactions, whether through agonistic and competitive behaviors or affiliative ones, can influence
important parameters such as home range, territory sizes, and access to resources, which may directly affect both female and
male fitness. We studied the intergroup interaction patterns of a wild group of black-tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in central Brazil. Agonistic interactions occurred at low frequencies during intergroup encounters. The marmosets directed
agonistic interactions without physical aggression primarily against same-sex individuals, suggesting that male and female
aggression patterns are shaped by their sexual interests. However, females of the focal group also directed agonistic behavior
toward extragroup males that attempted copulation. The marmosets appeared to use intergroup encounters to gather information
about possible partners and extragroup reproductive opportunities. Intergroup sexual interactions occurred mainly in the form
of copulations or attempted copulations by all adults, with the exception of the dominant female. Our results suggest that
a possible reproductive strategy used by males is to attempt fertilization of extragroup females. Adult males copulated with
the same extragroup female during several opportunities, which suggests sperm competition or the establishment of social bonds
with neighboring females. |
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Keywords: | affiliative interactions agonistic interactions Callitrichinae intergroup primate |
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