The use of fruiting synchrony by foraging mangabey monkeys: A 'simple tool' to find fruit

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-96

  Janmaat, K R L ^c   Chapman, C A ^b   Meijer, R ^a   Zuberbuhler K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Botanical knowledge; Foraging cognition; Fruit finding strategies; Lophocebus albigena; Seasonal food distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREE; VISION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CERCOCEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TREES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CERCOCEBUS; HAPLORHINI; LOPHOCEBUS; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PRIMATES; UVARIOPSIS; UVARIOPSIS CONGENSIS;

EID: 84855239223     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0435-0     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Aiello LC, Wheeler P (1995) The expensive-tissue hypothesis: the brain and the digestive system in human and primate evolution. Curr Anthropol 36: 199-221.
2. Armstrong E (1983) Relative brain size and metabolism in mammals. Science 220: 1302-1304.
3. Barrett L (1995) Foraging strategies, ranging patterns and territoriality among grey-cheeked mangabeys in Kibale forest, Western Uganda. Ph. D. thesis, University College London.
4. Byrne RW (1995) The thinking ape. Evolutionary origins of intelligence. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p 155.
5. Cerella J (1979) Visual classes and natural categories in the pigeon. J Exp Psychol Human 5: 68-77.
6. Chapman CA, Chapman LJ, Wrangham R, Isabirye-Basuta G, Ben-David K (1997) Spatial and temporal variability in the structure of a tropical forest. Afr J Ecol 35: 287-302.
7. Chapman CA, Wrangham RW, Chapman LJ, Kennard DK, Zanne AE (1999) Fruit and flower phenology at two sites in Kibale National Park, Uganda. J Trop Ecol 15: 189-211.
8. Chapman CA, Chapman CA, Rode KD, Hauck EM, McRowell LR (2003) Variation in nutritional value of primate foods: among trees, time periods, and areas. Int J Primatol 24: 317-333.
9. Chapman CA, Chapman LJ, Struhsaker TT, Zanne AE, Clark CJ, Poulsen JR (2004) A long-term evaluation of fruit phenology: importance of climate change. J Trop Ecol 21: 1-14.
10. Cunningham E, Janson C (2007) A socioecological perspective on primate cognition, past and present. Anim Cogn 10: 273-281.
11. De Reffye P, Houllier F, Blaise F, Barthelemy D, Dauzat J, Auclair D (1995) A model simulating above- and below-ground tree architecture with agroforestry applications. J Agrofor Sys 30: 175-197.
12. Eckhardt W, Zuberbühler K (2004) Cooperation and competition in two forest monkeys. Behav Ecol 15: 400-411.
13. Garber PA, Boinski S (2000) On the move. How and why animals travel in groups. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago London.
14. Harvey PH, Krebs JR (1990) Comparing brains. Science 249: 140-146.
15. Herrnstein RJ, Loveland DH (1964) Complex visual concept in the pigeon. Science 146: 549-551.
16. Herrnstein RJ, Loveland DH, Cable C (1976) Natural concepts in pigeons. J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Proc 2: 285-302.
17. Hladik CM (1975) Ecology, diet and social patterning in old and new world monkeys. In: Tuttle RH (ed) Socioecology and psychology of primates. Mouton, Paris, pp 3-35.
18. Houle A, Vickery WL, Chapman CA (2006) Mechanisms of coexistence among two species of frugivorous primates. J Anim Ecol 75: 1034-1044.
19. Janmaat KRL (2006) Fruits of enlightenment. Fruit localization strategies in wild mangabey monkeys. Ph. D. thesis, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews.
20. Janmaat KRL, Chancellor R (2010) Exploring new areas. How important is long-term spatial memory for mangabey (Lophocebus albigena johnstonii) foraging efficiency. Int J Primatol 31: 863-866.
21. Janmaat KRL, Byrne RW, Zuberbühler K (2006a) Evidence for spatial memory of fruiting states of rain forest fruit in wild ranging mangabeys. Anim Behav 71: 797-807.
22. Janmaat KRL, Byrne RW, Zuberbühler K (2006b) Primates take weather into account when searching for fruit. Curr Biol 16: 1232-1237.
23. Janmaat KRL, Olupot W, Chancellor RL, Arlet ME, Waser PM (2009) Long-term site fidelity and individual home range shifts in Lophocebus albigena. Int J Primatol 30: 443-466.
24. Janson C, Byrne RW (2007) Resource cognition in wild primates-opening up the black box. Anim Cogn 10: 357-367.
25. Janson CH, Stiles EW, White DW (1986) Selection on plant fruiting traits by brown capuchin monkeys: a multivariate approach. In: Estrada A, Fleming T (eds) Frugivores and seed dispersal. Junk Publishers, The Hague, pp 83-92.
26. Jerison H (1973) Evolution of the brain and intelligence. Academy Press, New York.
27. Krebs CJ (1989) Ecological methodology. Harper, Collins, New York, USA.
28. Lamey M, Grey-Wilson C (1989) The illustrated flora of Britain and Northern Europe. Hodder & Stoughton, London.
29. Martin P, Bateson P (2007) Measuring behaviour, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
30. Menzel CR (1991) Cognitive aspects of foraging in Japanese monkeys. Anim Behav 41: 397-402.
31. Menzel CR (1997) Primates' knowledge of their natural habitat: as indicated in foraging. In: Whiten A, Byrne RW (eds) Machiavellian intelligence II: extensions and evaluations. University Press, Cambridge, pp 207-239.
32. Milton K (1977) The foraging strategy of the howler monkey in the tropical forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Ph. D. thesis, New York University, New York.
33. Milton K (1980) The foraging strategy of howler monkeys. A study in primate economics. Columbia University Press, New York.
34. Milton K (1981) Distribution pattern of tropical plant foods as an evolutionary stimulus to primate mental development. Am Anthropol 83: 534-548.
35. Milton K (1988) Foraging behaviour and the evolution of primate intelligence. In: Byrne RW, Whiten A (eds) Machiavellian Intelligence: social expertise and the evolution of intellect in monkeys, apes and humans. Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp 285-305.
36. Normand E, Boesch C (2009) Sophisticated Euclidean maps in forest chimpanzees. Anim Behav 77: 1195-1201.
37. Normand E, Ban SD, Boesch C (2009) Forest chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) remember the location of numerous fruit trees. Anim Cogn 12: 797-807.
38. Noser R, Byrne RW (2007a) Investigating the mental maps of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), using intergroup encounters. Anim Cogn 10: 331-340.
39. Noser R, Byrne RW (2007b) Travel routes and planning of visits to out-of-sight resources in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Anim Behav 73: 257-266.
40. Noser R, Byrne RW (2010) How do wild baboons (Papio ursinus) plan their routes? Travel among multiple high-quality food sources with inter-group competition. Anim Cogn 13: 145-155.
41. Oldeman RAAO (1990) Elements of sylvology. Springer, Berlin.
42. Olupot W (1998) Long-term variation in mangabey (Cercocebus albigena johnstoni Lydekker) feeding in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Afr J Ecol 36: 96-101.
43. Olupot W, Waser PM (2001) Activity patterns, habitat use and mortality risks of mangabey males living outside social groups. Anim Behav 61: 1227-1235.
44. Perneger TV (1998) What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments? Brit Med J 316: 1236-1238.
45. Poole RW (1974) An introduction to quantitative ecology. McGraw-Hill, New York, p 532.
46. Potts R (2004) Paleo environmental basis of cognitive evolution in great apes. Am J Primatol 62: 209-228.
47. Poulsen JR, Clark CJ, Smith TB (2001) Seasonal variation in the feeding ecology of the grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) in Cameroon. Am J Primatol 54: 91-105.
48. Siegel S (1956) Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
49. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1981) Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco.
50. Struhsaker TT (1997) Ecology of an African rainforest. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
51. Tinbergen N (1960) The natural control of insects in pine woods: vol. I. Factors influencing the intensity of predation by songbirds. Arch Neerl Zool 13: 265-343.
52. Valero A, Byrne RW (2007) Spider monkey ranging patterns in Mexican subtropical forest: do travel routes reflect planning? Anim Cogn 10: 305-315.
53. van Schaik CP, Terborgh JW, Wright SJ (1993) The phenology of tropical forests: adaptive significance and consequences for primary consumers. Ann Rev Ecol Syst 24: 353-377.
54. Vooren AP (1999) Introduction de la bionomie dans la gestion des forêts tropicales denses humides. Ph. D. thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen.
55. Wallis SJ (1979) The socioecology of Cercocebus albigena johnstonii (Lyddeker): an arboreal rainforest monkey. Ph. D. thesis, University of London, London England.
56. Waser PM (1974) Intergroup interaction in a forest monkey: the mangabey Cercocebus albigena. Ph. D. thesis, The Rockefeller University, New York.
57. Waser PM (1975) Monthly variations in feeding and activity patterns of the mangabey Cercocebus albigena. E Afr Wildl J 13: 249-263.
58. Waser PM (1977) Feeding, ranging and group size in the mangabey Cercocebus albigena. In: Clutton-Brock TH (ed) Primate ecology. Academic Press, London, pp 183-222.
59. Waser PM (1985) Spatial structure in mangabey groups. Int J Primatol 6: 569-580.
60. Waser PM, Floody O (1974) Ranging patterns of the mangabey Cercocebus albigena, in the Kibale forest, Uganda. Z TierPsychol 35: 85-101.
61. Worman C, Chapman CA (2005) Seasonal variation in the quality of a tropical ripe fruit and the response of three frugivores. J Trop Ecol 21: 689-697.
62. Zuberbühler K, Janmaat KRL (2010) Foraging cognition in non-human primates. In: Platt ML, Ghazanfar AA (eds) Primate neuroethology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.