Growth of mantled howler groups in a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-432

  Fedigan, Linda M ^a   Rose, Lisa M ^b   Avila, Rodrigo Morera ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Conservation; Costa Rica; Demography; Forest regeneration; Howlers

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GROUP SIZE; MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COSTA RICA; SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031860175     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020304304558     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. Bergeson, D. J. (1996). The Positional Behavior and Prehensile Tail Use of Alouatta palliata, Ateles geoffroyi, and Cebus capucinus, Ph.D. dissertation, Washington University, St. Louis.
2. Boza, M. O. (1993). Conservation in action: past, present, and future of the national park system of Costa Rica. Conserv. Biol. 1: 239-247.
3. Carpenter, C. R. (1934). A field study of the behavior and social relations of howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). Comp. Psychol. Mongr. 10: 1-168.
4. Carpenter, C. R. (1965). The howlers of Barro Colorado Island. In DeVore, I. (ed.), Primate Behavior, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, pp. 250-291.
5. Chapman, C. A. (1987). Flexibility in diets of three species of Costa Rican primates. Folia Primatol. 49: 90-105.
6. Chapman, C. A. (1988a). Patterns of foraging and range use by three species of Neotropical primates. Primates 29: 177-194.
7. Chapman, C. A. (1988b). Patch use and patch depletion by the spider and howling monkeys of Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Behaviour 105: 99-116.
8. Chapman, C. A., and Balcomb, S. R. (1998). Population characteristics of howlers: Ecological conditions or group history. Int. J. Primatol. 19: 385-403.
9. Chapman, C. A., Fedigan, L. M., and Fedigan, L. (1988). A comparison of transect methods of estimating population density of Costa Rican primates. Brenesia 30: 67-80.
10. Chapman, C. A., Chapman, L., and Glander, K. E. (1989). Primate populations in Northwestern Costa Rica: Potential for recovery. Primate Conserv. 10: 37-44.
11. Clarke, M. R. (1982). Socialization, Infant Mortality, and Infant-Nonmother Interactions in Howling Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California at Davis, Davis.
12. Clarke, M. R. (1983). Infant-killing and infant disappearance following male takeover in a group of howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica. Am. J. Primatol. 5: 241-247.
13. Clarke, M. R., and Glander, K. E. (1984). Female reproductive success in a group of free-ranging howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica. In Small, M. (ed.), Female Primates: Studies by Women Primatologists, Alan R. Liss, New York, pp. 111-126.
14. Clarke, M. R., and Zucker, E. L. (1994). Survey of the howling monkey population at La Pacifica: A seven-year follow-up. Int. J. Primatol. 15: 61-73.
15. Clarke, M. R., Zucker, E. L., and Scott, N. J., Jr. (1986). Population trends of the mantled howler groups of La Pacifica, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Am. J. Primatol. 11: 79-88.
16. Clarke, M. R., Zucker, E. L., and Glander, K. E. (1994). Group takeover by a natal male howling monkey (Alouatta palliata) and associated disappearances and injuries of immatures. Primates 35: 435-442.
17. Collias, D. E., and Southwick, C. H. (1952). A field study of the population density and social organization of howler monkey groups. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 96: 144-156.
18. Crockett, C. M. (1987). Diet, dimorphism and demography: Perspectives from howlers to hominids. In Kinzey, W. G. (ed.), The Evolution of Human Behavior. Primate Models, SUNY Press, New York, pp. 115-135.
19. Crockett, C. M. (1996). The relation between red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) troop size and population growth in two habitats. In Norconk, M. A., Rosenberger, A. L., and Garber, P. A. (eds.), Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 489-510.
20. Crockett, C. M. (1988). Conservation biology of the genus Alouatta. Int. J. Primatol. 19: 549-578.
21. Crockett, C. M., and Eisenberg, J. F. (1987). Howlers: Variations in group size and demography. In Smuts, B. B., Cheney, D. L., Seyfarth, R. M., Wrangham, R. W., and Struhsaker, T. T. (eds.), Primate Societies, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 54-68.
22. Crockett, C. M., and Pope, T. R. (1993). Consequences of sex differences in dispersal for juvenile red howler monkeys. In Pereira, M. E., and Fairbanks, L. A. (eds.), Juvenile Primates. Life History, Development and Behavior, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 104-118.
23. Crockett, C. M., and Rudran, R. (1987a). Red howler monkey birth data. I. Seasonal variation. Am. J. Primatol. 13: 47-368.
24. Crockett, C. M., and Rudran, R. (1987b). Red howler monkey birth data. II. Interannual, habitat and sex comparisons. Am. J. Primatol. 13: 369-384.
25. Dobson, A. P., and Lyles, A. M. (1989). The population dynamics and conservation of primate populations. Conserv. Biol. 3: 362-380.
26. Dobson, A. P., and Yu. J. (1993). Rarity in Neotropical forest mammals revisited. Conserv. Biol. 7: 586-591.
27. Eisenberg, J. F. (1979). Habitat, economy, and society: Some correlations and hypotheses for the neotropical primates. In Bernstein, I. S., and Smith, E. O. (eds.), Primate Ecology and Human Origins, Garland Press, New York, pp. 215-262.
28. Eisenberg, J. F. (1980). The density and biomass of tropical mammals. In Soule, M. E., and Wilcox, B. A. (eds.), Conservation Biology: An Evolutionary-Ecological Perspective, Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, MA, pp. 35-55.
29. Enders, R. K. (1935). Mammalian life histories from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 78: 385-502.
30. Estrada, A. (1982). Survey and census of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in the rain forest of "Los Tuxtlas," Veracruz, Mexico. Am. J. Primatol. 2: 363-372.
31. Fedigan, L. M. (1986). Demographic trends in the Alouatta palliata and Cebus capucinus populations of Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. In Else, J. G., and Lee, P. C. (eds.), Primate Ecology and Conservation, Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 287-293.
32. Fedigan, L. M., and Rose, L. M. (1995). Interbirth intervals in three sympatric species of Neotropical monkey. Am. J. Primatol. 37: 9-24.
33. Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., and Chapman, C. A. (1985). A census of Alouatta palliata and Cebus capucinus in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Brenesia 23: 309-322.
34. Fedigan, L. M., Rose, L. M., and Morera Avila, R. (1996). See how they grow: Tracking capuchin monkey populations in a regenerating Costa Rican dry forest. In Norconk, M., Rosenberger, A., and Garber, P. (eds.), Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates, Plenum, New York.
35. Fleming, T. H. (1986). Secular changes in Costa Rican rainfall: correlation with elevation. J. Trop. Ecol. 2: 87-91.
36. Fleming, T. H., Williams, C. F., Bonaccorso, F. J., and Herbst, L. H. (1985). Phenology, seed dispersal, and colonization in Muntingia calabura, a Neotropical pioneer tree. Am. J. Bot. 72: 383-391.
37. Foster, R. B., and Brokaw, N. V. L. (1982). Structure and history of the vegetation of Barro Colorado Island. In Leigh, E. G., Rand, A. S., and Windsor, D. M. (eds.), The Ecology of a Tropical Forest Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp. 67-81.
38. Freese, C. (1976). Censusing Alouatta palliata, Ateles geoffroyi, and Cebus capucinus in the Costa Rican dry forest. In Thorington, R. W., and Heltne, P. G. (eds.), Neotropical Primates: Field Studies and Conservation, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, pp. 4-9.
39. Froehlich, J. W., and Thorington, R. W., Jr. (1982). The genetic structure and socioecology of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Barro Colorado Island. In Leigh, E. G., Rand, A. S., and Windsor, D. M. (eds.), The Ecology of a Tropical Forest Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp. 291-305.
40. Froehlich, J. W., Thorington, R. W., Jr., and Otis, J. S. (1981). The demography of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Int. J. Primatol. 2: 207-235.
41. Gebhardt, K. (1994). Seedling Development of Four Tree Species in Secondary Tropical Forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Ph.D. thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala.
42. Gebo, D. L. (1992). Locomotor and postural behavior in Alouatta palliata and Cebus capucinus. Am. J. Primatol. 26: 277-290.
43. Glander, K. E. (1978). Howling monkey feeling behavior and plant secondary compounds: A study of strategies. In Montgomery, G. G. (ed.), The Ecology of Arboreal Folivores, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp. 561-573.
44. Glander, K. E. (1980). Reproduction and population growth in free-ranging mantled howling monkeys. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 53: 25-36.
45. Glander, K. E. (1981). Feeding patterns in mantled howling monkeys. In Kamil, A. C., and Sargent, T. D. (eds.), Foraging Behavior: Ecological, Ethological, and Psychological Approaches, Garland Press, New York, pp. 231-257.
46. Glander, K. E. (1992). Dispersal patterns in Costa Rican mantled howling monkeys. Int. J. Primatol 13: 415-436.
47. Glander, K. E., Fedigan, L. M., Fedigan, L., and Chapman, C. (1991). Capture techniques for three species of monkeys in Costa Rica. Folia Primatol. 57: 70-82.
48. Glanz, W. E. (1982). The terrestrial mammal fauna of Barro Colorado Island: Census and long-term changes. In Leigh, E. G., Rand, A. S., and Windsor, D. M. (eds.), The Ecology of a Tropical Forest Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp. 455-468.
49. Hartshorn, G. S. (1978). Tree falls and tropical forest dynamics. In Tomlinson, P. B., and Zimmerman, M. H. (eds.), Tropical Trees as Living Systems, Academic Press, New York, pp. 617-638.
50. Heltne, P. G., Turner, D. C., and Scott, N. J., Jr. (1976). Comparison of census data on Alouatta palliata from Costa Rica and Panama. In Thorington, R. W., Jr., and Heltne, P. G. (eds), Neotropical Primates: Field Studies and Conservation, National Academy of Sciences Press, Washington, DC, pp. 10-19.
51. Janzen, D. H. (1979). New horizons in the biology of plant defenses. In Rosenthal, G. A., and Janzen, D. H. (eds.), Herbivores. Their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites, Academic Press, New York, pp. 331-350.
52. Janzen, D. H. (1982). Natural history of guacimo fruits (Sterculiacae: Guazuma ulmifolia) with respect to consumption by large mammals. Am. J. Bot. 69: 1240-1250.
53. Janzen, D. H. (ed.) (1983a). Costa Rican Natural History, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
54. Janzen, D. H. (1983b). No part is an island: Increase in interference from outside as park size decreases. Oikos 41: 402-410.
55. Janzen, D. H. (1986a). Guanacaste National Park: Tropical ecological and cultural restoration. Fundacion de Parques Nacionales, Editorial Universidad Estatal Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica.
56. Janzen, D. H. (1986b). The external internal threat. In Soule, M. E. (ed.), Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and Diversity, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, pp. 286-303.
57. Janzen, D. H. (1988). Management of habitat fragments in a tropical dry forest: growth. Ann. MO. Rot. Garden 75: 105-116.
58. Janzen, D. H., and Hallwachs, W. (1995). Indicative weather data for the Santa Rosa area and Volcan Cacao, Unpublished manuscript.
59. Jones, C. B. (1980). The functions of status in the mantled howler monkey, Alouatta palliata: Intraspecific competition for group membership in a folivorous Neotropical primate. Primates 21: 389-405.
60. LaRose, F. (1996). Foraging Strategies, Croup Size, and Food Competition in the Mantled Howler Monkey, Alouatta palliata, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alberta, Alberta.
61. Liebow, E. (1993). "Debt for nature" exchanges. In Aramubulo, P., III (ed.), Primates of the Americas: Strategies for Conservation and Sustained Use in Biomedical Research, Battele Press, Columbus, OH, pp. 107-116.
62. Lippold, L. K. (1988). A census of primates in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve, Costa Rica. Brenesia 29: 101-105.
63. Lippold, L. K. (1989). A wet season census of primates at Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve, Costa Rica. Brenesia 31: 93-97.
64. Milton, K. (1978). Behavioral adaptations to leaf-eating by the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). In Kamil, A. C., and Sargent, T. D. (eds.), Foraging Behavior: Ecological, Ethological, and Psychological Approaches, Garland Press, New York, pp. 535-549.
65. Milton, K. (1979). Factors influencing leaf choice by howler monkeys: A test of some hypotheses of food selection by generalist herbivores. Am. Nat. 114: 362-378.
66. Milton, K. (1980). The Foraging Strategies of Howler Monkeys: A Study in Primate Economies, Columbia University Press, New York.
67. Milton, K. (1982). Dietary quality and population regulation in a howler monkey population. In Leigh, E. G., Rand, A. S., and Windsor, D. M. (eds.), The Ecology of a Tropical Forest Seasonal Rhythms and Long-Term Changes, Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, DC, pp. 273-289.
68. Milton, K. (1996). Effects of bot fly (Alouattamyia baeri) parasitism on a free-ranging howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) population in Panama. J. Zool. Lond. 239: 39-63.
69. Mittermeier, R. A. (1972). Group activity and population dynamics of the howler monkey on Barro Colorado Island. Primates 14: 1-19.
70. Mittermeier, R. A., and Cheney, D. L. (1987). Conservation of primates and their habitats. In Smuts, B. B., Cheney, D. L., Seyfarth, R. M., Wrangham, R. W., and Struhsaker, T. T. (eds.), Primate Societies, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 477-490.
71. Mittermeier, R. A., and van Roosmalen, M. G. M. (1981). Preliminary observations on habitat utilization and diet in eight Surinam monkeys. Folia Primatol. 36: 1-39.
72. National Research Council, Subcommittee on Conservation of Natural Populations (1981). Techniques for the Study of Primate Population Ecology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
73. Otis, J. S., Froehlich, J. W., and Thorington, R. W., Jr. (1981). Seasonal and age-related differential mortality by sex in the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). Int. J. Primatol. 2: 197-206.
74. Peres, C. (1997). Effects of habitat quality and hunting pressure on arboreal folivore densities in neotropical forests: A case study of howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.). Folia Primatol. 68: 199-222.
75. Richard, A. F. (1985). Primates in Nature, W. H. Freeman, New York.
76. Rodríguez-Luna, E., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Mittermeier, R., and Rylands, A. (eds.) (1966). Plan de Accion para los Primates Mesoamericanos, IUCN/SSC Specialist Primate Group, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
77. Rylands, A. B., Mittermeier, R. A., and Rodríguez-Luna, E. (1995). A species list for the New World primates (Platyrrhini): Distribution by country, endemism, and conservation status according to the Mace-Land system. Neotrop. Primates 3 (Suppl.): 113-164.
78. Scott, N. J., Jr., Malmgren, L. A., and Glander, K. E. (1978). Grouping behavior and sex ratio in mantled howling monkeys. In Chivers, D., and Herbert, J. (eds.), Recent Advances in Primatology, Vol. 1, Academic Press, New York, pp. 183-185.
79. Smith, C. C. (1977). Feeding behavior and social organization in howling monkeys. In Clutton-Brock, T. H. (ed.), Primate Ecology: Studies of Feeding and Ranging Behaviour in Lemurs, Monkeys and Apes, Academic Press, London, pp. 97-126.
80. Stoner, K. E. (1994). Population density of the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Selva Biological Reserve, Costa Rica: A new technique to analyze census data. Biotropica 26: 332-340.
81. Stoner, K. E. (1996). Habitat selection and seasonal patterns of activity and foraging of mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) in northeastern Costa Rica. Int. J. Primatol. 17: 1-30.
82. Sokal, R. R., and Rohlf, F. J. (1981). Biometry, 2nd ed., W. H. Freeman, New York.
83. Sun, M. (1988). Costa Rica's campaign for conservation. Science 23: 1366-1369.
84. Systat, Inc. (1992). Systat for Windows: Statistics, Version 5 Edition, Systat, Inc., Evanston, IL.
85. Tomblin, D. C., and Cranford, J. A. (1994). Ecological niche differences between Alouatta palliata and Cebus capucinus comparing feeding modes, branch use, and diet. Primates 35: 265-274.
86. Wallace, D. R. (1992). The Quetzal and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco.
87. Webb, L. J., Tracey, J. G., and Williams, W. T. (1972). Regeneration and pattern in the subtropical rainforest. J. Ecol. 60: 675-696.