Social Relationships Among Male <Emphasis Type="Italic">Alouatta pigra</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Sarie Van Belle Alejandro Estrada Karen B Strier |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA;(2) Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Veracruz, Mexico;(3) Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA |
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Abstract: | We investigated male social relationships in 2 groups of black howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Palenque National Park, Mexico, over a 14-mo study characterized by frequent changes in male group membership. Both single
males and pairs of males entered our focal groups. Single males tended to join groups, whereas pairs of males entering groups
together successfully evicted resident males. The 19 male dyads across the 11 periods defined by changes in group membership
were rarely in close proximity or interacting with one another. Nevertheless, 1 male formed significantly closer associations
with resident females in 6 periods and achieved higher mating success during 4 of the periods when ≥1 female was sexually
active. In the other 5 periods, no particular male maintained significantly closer associations with resident females, which
may be a result of the rapid sequence of changes in male membership and corresponding social instability. Resident males participated
frequently and consistently in mutual howling, but the resident male with the strongest female associations and highest mating
success initiated howling bouts more frequently in all but 1 of the 6 socially stable periods. Though still preliminary, our
findings suggest that variation in social relationships among male black howlers may be more related to their ability to establish
strong relationships with females than to their relationships with one another. |
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Keywords: | Alouatta pigra cooperation howler monkey male social behavior male takeover |
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