2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117298
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Whom to Groom and for What? Patterns of Grooming in Female Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

Abstract: Grooming is one of the most conspicuous social interactions among nonhuman primates. The selection of grooming partners can provide important clues about factors relevant for the distribution of grooming within a social group. We analyzed grooming behavior among 17 semi-free ranging female Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). We tested whether grooming is related to kinship, rank and friendship. Furthermore, we tested whether grooming is reciprocated or exchanged for rank related benefits (i.e. lower aggression… Show more

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“…However, literature on semi-free ranging Barbary macaques and other non-human primates reported grooming time-budgets similar to that found in the current study [27,28]. Moreover, in some circumstances, Barbary macaques might perform this behaviour even for longer time [28]. In addition, self-directed behaviours that can be maladaptive if performed in excess [6] did not differ over the study conditions, suggesting an overall welfare of the animals.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
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“…However, literature on semi-free ranging Barbary macaques and other non-human primates reported grooming time-budgets similar to that found in the current study [27,28]. Moreover, in some circumstances, Barbary macaques might perform this behaviour even for longer time [28]. In addition, self-directed behaviours that can be maladaptive if performed in excess [6] did not differ over the study conditions, suggesting an overall welfare of the animals.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 78%
“…Furthermore, previous studies on captive rhesus macaque revealed that an exaggerated increase in grooming can lead to maladaptive behaviours such as over-grooming [25]. However, literature on semi-free ranging Barbary macaques and other non-human primates reported grooming time-budgets similar to that found in the current study [27,28]. Moreover, in some circumstances, Barbary macaques might perform this behaviour even for longer time [28].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Barbary macaques live in female bonded multi‐male groups (Wrangham, ) with female philopatry and male migration (Menard & Vallet, ; Paul & Kuester, ), and have a rather tolerant social style (Thierry, ). Females establish strong relationships to related and non‐related individuals of both sexes characterized by frequent grooming (Patzelt, Pirow, & Fischer, ; Roubová, Konečná, Šmilauer, & Wallner, ). They also exhibit a relative stable linear dominance hierarchy based on matrilines.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar to social licking in cows [46,47,48], mutual grooming between horses has been claimed to promote social bonding [5,8,9,11], to be an appeasement behaviour [22,49,50], and to reduce aggression between group members [27,51,52,53]. Grooming has been claimed to be reciprocated in breeding partners and may also serve partner control and partner choice [14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%