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Title
Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) Travel to Resting Trees in a Seasonal Forest of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Author(s)
Parada-López, J.;Valenta, K.;Chapman, C. A.;Reyna-Hurtado, R.
Published
2017
Publisher
Folia Primatologica
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000455122
Abstract
) travel from feeding to resting trees in a seasonal tropical forest of the Yucatan Peninsula. We followed adult and subadult individuals for as long as possible, recording their activities and spatial location to construct travel paths. Spider monkeys spent 44% of the total sampling time resting. In 49% of the cases, spider monkeys fed and subsequently rested in the same tree, whereas in the remaining cases they travelled a mean distance of 108.3 m. Spider monkeys showed high linear paths (mean linearity index = 0.77) to resting trees when they travelled longer distances than their visual field, which suggests travel efficiency and reduced travel cost. Resting activity is time consuming and affects the time available to search for food and engage in social interactions.
Keywords
Resting;Travel routes;Spider monkeys;Linearity;Activity;Resting trees
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