2021
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-021-00247-x
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Socioecology Explains Individual Variation in Urban Space Use in Response to Management in Cape Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus)

Abstract: The presence of wildlife adjacent to and within urban spaces is a growing phenomenon globally. When wildlife’s presence in urban spaces has negative impacts for people and wildlife, nonlethal and lethal interventions on animals invariably result. Recent evidence suggests that individuals in wild animal populations vary in both their propensity to use urban space and their response to nonlethal management methods. Understanding such interindividual differences and the drivers of urban space use could help infor… Show more

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“…To examine differences between urban and natural space in association and leader–follower networks, we used generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) (‘lmer' function in ‘lme4' package, R [75]) and fitted network strength (association networks) and eigenvector centrality (both association and leader–follower networks) as response variables. We fitted individual baboon identity as a random effect, and standardized dominance rank as a fixed effect to control respectively for repeated values of individual and the effect of dominance rank (which is strongly correlated with association network metrics in natural space: [18], and leader–follower network metrics in both settings: figure 2 h ). Best-performing models were selected by Akaike information criteria.…”
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“…To examine differences between urban and natural space in association and leader–follower networks, we used generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) (‘lmer' function in ‘lme4' package, R [75]) and fitted network strength (association networks) and eigenvector centrality (both association and leader–follower networks) as response variables. We fitted individual baboon identity as a random effect, and standardized dominance rank as a fixed effect to control respectively for repeated values of individual and the effect of dominance rank (which is strongly correlated with association network metrics in natural space: [18], and leader–follower network metrics in both settings: figure 2 h ). Best-performing models were selected by Akaike information criteria.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This management effort reduces the time the baboons spend in urban space [9,17], but can contribute to significant within-group variation in behaviour and space-use [9,13]. For example, in the group we study here, a combination of management effort and socioecological factors creates opportunities for individuals and small groups to break away from the main group and move into urban space [18]. However, the whole group does occasionally use urban space together, and these occasions offer the opportunity to directly compare baboon collective behaviour in natural and urban space.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The first goal of this paper is to begin to compare local patterns (inter-neighbour distances and positions), and group patterns (group shape, speed and polarization) during collective motion for different social species. We chose to study the collective motion of four species that are diverse in their locomotion (aquatic, aerial and terrestrial) and social structures (high fission–fusion dynamics versus stable group membership), using previously collected datasets: shoals of stickleback fish ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) in the laboratory [ 24 , 48 ], free-ranging flocks of homing pigeons ( Columba livia ) [ 4 , 41 ], a free-ranging herd of goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus ) [ 39 , 49 ] and a troop of wild chacma baboons ( Papio ursinus ) [ 42 , 50 ]. We place data from each species within a ‘swarm space’ and suggest that this framework will be useful for generating predictions about the types of collective motion different species display.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Guards or rangers often work to prevent animals accessing anthropogenic foods and could also collect data. In Cape Town, South Africa, rangers deter baboons from entering urban areas (Bracken et al, 2021; Fehlmann, O'Riain, Kerr‐Smith, & King, 2017a). Subsistence farmers may chase any animals that attempt to forage on their crops (Hill, 2018) and in large‐scale agriculture, farmers may hire crop guards to chase animals (Findlay & Hill, 2021b).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Guards or rangers often work to prevent animals accessing anthropogenic foods and could also collect data. In Cape Town, South Africa, rangers deter baboons from entering urban areas (Bracken et al, 2021;Fehlmann, O'Riain, Kerr-Smith, & King, 2017a).…”
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