Macaques (Macaca) are the most geographically widespread and behaviourally diverse
primate genus, and although macaque species share the same basic social structure, they
display broad interspecific variation in patterns of social behaviour. Based on these
patterns, macaque species have been arranged along a 4-grade scale for social style. At
one end of the scale, there are grade 1 species (e.g., Japanese macaques) that have highly
hierarchical and despotic social systems, and at the other end, grade 4 species (e.g.,
Tonkean macaques), that have more relaxed and egalitarian social systems. In this study,
the play fighting of juvenile Tonkean and Japanese macaques was compared to determine
whether or not play behaviour co-varies in a manner similar to that of adult social
behaviour. As predicted, Tonkean macaques exhibit a relatively cooperative style of play
fighting, whereas Japanese macaques exhibit a relatively competitive style of play
fighting. / x, 174 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. --
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:ALU.w.uleth.ca/dspace#10133/728 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Reinhart, Christine J., University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science |
| Contributors | Pellis, Sergio |
| Publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2008, Arts and Science, Neuroscience |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Relation | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) |
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