Monkey business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand

Sponsel, Leslie E.; Ruttanadakul, Nukul; Natadecha-Sponsel, Poranee

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511542404.020

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“…Regardless of the season and the duration of the study period, the home range figures of 24ha and the mean daily path lengths of 1420m we found for Barbary macaques in Upper Ourika valley, are much smaller than those observed in other macaques: M fascicularis: 93ha and 3346m, 26 M fuscata: 370ha and 1200-2000m, 27,39 M mulatta: 1600ha and 1050-3500m, 29,30 M nemestrina: 60-828ha and 825-2964m, 31,32 M nigra: 156-406ha and 2388m. 33 In M assamensis, home range was also larger (53-65ha) but with a shorter path length of only 590-782m.…”

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Home Range and Habitat Use of Crop-Raiding Barbary Macaques in the Upper Ourika Valley, Western High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Znari¹

2018

IJAWB

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Ranging behavior and habitat use reflect the interaction between ecological factors and patterns of the individual behaviors. We investigated these aspects in a crop-raiding group of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) between July and August 2012 in a degraded and poor-fruit forest environment in the Upper Ourika valley, western High Atlas mountains, Morocco. We evaluated the influences of the spatial distribution of food resources on ranging behavior and habitat use. Total home range size for the studied group was 24 ha and the mean daily path length was 1420 m, much lower than those reported for most of the other macaque species. Barbary macaques did not use their home ranges uniformly; 50% of location records occurred within 25% of their home range. They use differently the various zones of their home range and more intense occupation of around (cliffs and lower small valley) and within field crops. This can be related to the concentration of food resources in these latters.

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Home Range and Habitat Use of Crop-Raiding Barbary Macaques in the Upper Ourika Valley, Western High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Znari¹

2018

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“…Cooperative human-monkey economic relationships also exist, for example in Thailand macaques (Macaca nemestrina) are trained to pick coconuts resulting in high economic returns for humans [Sponsel et al, 2002]. Sponsel et al [2002] argue that cultural and agricultural systems have favored a move from conflict between humans and macaques over crops to a synergistic relationship wherein the humans capture, train, and maintain the macaques as they serve their economic role.…”

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The ethnoprimatological approach in primatology

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Hockings

2010

American J Primatol

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Recent and long-term sympatries between humans and nonhuman primates (hereafter primates) are central to the behavioral ecology, conservation, and evolutionary trajectories of numerous primate species. Ethnoprimatology emphasizes that interconnections between humans and primates should be viewed as more than just disruptions of a "natural" state, and instead anthropogenic contexts must be considered as potential drivers for specific primate behavioral patterns. Rather than focusing solely on the behavior and ecology of the primate species at hand, as in traditional primatology, or on the symbolic meanings and uses of primates, as in socio-cultural anthropology, ethnoprimatology attempts to merge these perspectives into a more integrative approach. As human pressures on environments continue to increase and primate habitats become smaller and more fragmented, the need for a primatology that considers the impact of human attitudes and behavior on all aspects of primate lives and survival is imperative. In this special issue, we present both data-driven examples and more general discussions that describe how ethnoprimatological approaches can be both a contribution to the core theory and practice of primatology and a powerful tool in our goal of conservation action.

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“…Humans and primates have been interacting for hundreds of years, in various forms of relationship (Sponsel et al, 2002). Numerous commensal primates crop-raid, and their activity is often the focus of human-wildlife conflict research.…”

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Crop-raiding Baboons (Papio anubis) and Defensive Farmers: A West African perspective

Warren¹

2009

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

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Baboons are often reported as the worst crop-raiders in Africa, but there has been little observation of the actual behavioural-ecology of their crop-raiding, especially in West Africa. The paper examines the crop-raiding behaviour of a group of habituated baboons (Gamgam group) near the village of Gashaka on the south-western border of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. Data were collected during the wet and dry crop seasons via scan sampling and ad libitum techniques. For scan sampling the activity of each observed individual was noted every 2.5 min. For ad libitum data any activity relevant to crop-raiding was noted when it occurred, including the reactions of farmers who were guarding their fields. Descriptive statistics were generated and trends in baboon and human behaviour examined. Sixty-nine percent of Gamgam group's raids were successful. Farmers only prevented or reduced the time baboons spent in fields on 28.9% of all raids. Crops eaten varied from ripe maize to scavenging for scraps of sweet potato in harvested fields. Maize (ripe and dried) was the most frequently eaten crop. All members of Gamgam group, including weaned infants, ate all crops, but only adult males ate bananas. Observations suggested that baboons used cheek pouches to store food before moving to a safer locality to eat, to avoid farmers' attacks and intragroup competition. Deterrent methods included guarding, fences of fish net, poisoned baits, olfactory, visual and auditory scaring devices. Guarding presence in fields was not regular. In the wet season guards reacted to baboon crop-raiding on 54% of raids and in the dry season on 44%. On average it took farmers 23 min to react to baboons in their fields. The two most common reactions of guards were shouting and chasing baboons. Observations do not suggest that any one particular defence method can prevent baboon crop-raiding.

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Monkey business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand

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Home Range and Habitat Use of Crop-Raiding Barbary Macaques in the Upper Ourika Valley, Western High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Home Range and Habitat Use of Crop-Raiding Barbary Macaques in the Upper Ourika Valley, Western High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

The ethnoprimatological approach in primatology

Crop-raiding Baboons (Papio anubis) and Defensive Farmers: A West African perspective

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