Conditions of observation and social distance in groups of squirrel monkeys,Saimiri sciureus |
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Authors: | Fernando Alvarez |
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Institution: | 1. Estación Biológica de Doñana, C.S.I.C. Paraguay 1–2, Sevilla 12, Spain
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Abstract: | Observation conditions were very influential in determining the social distance among members of groups of squirrel monkeys. With observer visible to the animals and recording by talking into a tape recorder the monkeys did not show a consistent pattern of social distance as reflected by actual space and frequency of bodily contacts, whereas when the observer was concealed, looking through a one-way vision screen and recording silently by marking on paper, the subjects tended to group in unisexual clusters, with that of the females showing higher cohesiveness. |
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