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- Title
Aspects of the Ranging Pattern in a Group of Wild Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha).
- Authors
Defler, Thomas R.
- Abstract
A group of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha), studied for 1,800 hr from June 1984 until September 1987 in the eastern Colombian Amazon, used a home range of about 760 ha, 90% of which overlapped the ranges of three other groups. Home range use varied throughout the year, correlating in part with variations in fruit production. The home range exhibited a nonexclusive "core area" in the floristically most diverse part of the home range, although the majority of the home range was entered at a much lower frequency. Within the study area woolly monkeys occurred at a density of 5.5 individuals/km². The average day range was 2,880 m, and the average straight line distance between sleeping sites was 896 m. Day ranges differed significantly across months, but the only significant correlation tested was a positive relation with time spent "moving" in the activity budget. Comparisons with three other Amazonian sites where wooly monkeys have been studied reveal considerable variation. Soil fertility, plant community differences, and other factors seem to influence ranging patterns.
- Subjects
PRIMATES; HOME range (Animal geography); HUMBOLDT'S woolly monkey; WOOLLY monkeys; ANIMAL populations; ANIMAL ecology
- Publication
American Journal of Primatology, 1996, Vol 38, Issue 4, p289
- ISSN
0275-2565
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)38:4<289::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-V