Rhesus monkey behaviour under diverse population densities: coping with long-term crowding
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It is widely believed that overcrowding promotes increased aggression in animals, although some species, such as primates, have adopted formal mechanisms that help to alleviate social tension. A study of captive rhesus monkeys under diverse population densities is presented. It is shown that increasing density caused make monkeys to increase huddling and grooming behaviour, although aggression rates did not increase. It is concluded that different patterns of responses to overcrowding may depend upon the stability and strength of relationships.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Quadratic postconflict affiliation among bystanders in a hamadryas baboon group
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Aggression between two animals influences a bystander's behavior with other bystanders. Displacement activities of bystanders are significantly higher during postconflict intervals compared to baseline intervals, and bystanders displacement activity levels before affiliative contact with other bystanders are significantly higher than after contact.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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Control of information flow through the influence of mechanical and chemical signals during agonistic encounters by the crayfish, Orconectus rusticus
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The transfer of social information through chemical and mechanical signals during agonistic encounters by the crayfish, Orconectes rusticus is examined. Results reveal that a correlation of urine releases with current generation and agonists behaviors appears to be an indicators for eventual dominant-subordinate relationships.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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