Factors affecting proximity among members of a wild group of moor macaques during feeding, moving, and resting

摘要: We studied the effects of kinship, age, sex, and other factors on patterns spatial proximity among group members in a wild moor macaques (Macaca maurus) Sulawesi, Indonesia. assessed importance each factor via multiple linear regression analyses. Moor stay close to their matrilineal relatives more frequently when moves or rests than they feed. Subjects similar rank tended other. Females were females with newborn infants regardless phase activity group. Kinship may have less effect during feeding Japanese macaques. Weak kinship result from weak contest competition for food within