Changes in relationships of nulliparous and parous females of Japanese monkeys at arashiyama with some aspects of troop organization |
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Authors: | Baldev Singh Grewal |
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Institution: | (1) Kyoto University, Japan;(2) Present address: c/o Dr. Bachan Singh Grewal, 305, Major Sham Lal Road, Civil Lines, 141001 Ludhiana City, Punjab, India |
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Abstract: | Social interactions of the adult females (nulliparous, primiparous, multiparous young, and multiparous old) of the Arashiyama-B
troop of Japanese monkeys were studied. Using focal-animal and instantaneous sampling techniques, specifically identified
social interactions involving allogrooming, social play, and agonism, nonspecific body-contact with and proximity to other
animals were recorded from 1975 to 1978. By identifying the animals who had the above mentioned social interactions with the
focal females, an attempt has been made to analyze the changes in relationships between the females of different classes and
their closest kins, distant kins, and non-kins. Multiparous young females spend more time in social interactions involving
allogrooming, nonspecific body-contact, and proximity than do females of the other classes and most of their social interactions
are centered around their own offspring. Social interactions of the nulliparous females are fewer than those of the young
mothers. But, the social interactions of the nulliparous females with their kins are much more frequent than those of the
other females, i.e., once a female bears offspring, she concentrates her efforts in raising it and her social life becomes
closed than before. Social interactions of the old mothers decrease and their social life is also centered more around their
own young offspring. However, the social interactions of the females with non-kins, the interactions which strengthen troop
integration, are independent of the class of the females.
This report constitutes one part of the thesis submitted by the author to the Faculty of Science of Kyoto University in 1979
for the award of degree of Doctor of Science. |
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