Behavioural strategies of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in a sub-desert spiny forest habitat at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

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dc.contributor.authorEllwanger, Nicholas
dc.contributor.supervisorGould, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-08T21:44:32Z
dc.date.available2008-01-08T21:44:32Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2008-01-08T21:44:32Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Anthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn an effort to better understand primate behavioural flexibility and responses to low-biomass habitats, behavioural patterns of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) living in a xerophytic spiny forest habitat in southern Madagascar were examined. Behavioural data were collected over two months on two separate groups living in two distinctly different habitats: a sub-desert spiny forest and a riverine gallery forest. Data on the following behavioural categories integral to primate sociality were collected: time allocation, anti-predator vigilance, predator sensitive foraging, feeding competition, and affiliative behaviour. L. catta living in the spiny forest habitat differed significantly in many behavioural patterns when compared to L. catta living in the gallery forest. I suggest that the ability to successfully alter behavioural strategies to varying ecological conditions allows ring-tailed lemurs to occupy low biomass habitats which are uninhabitable to nearly all other primate species in Madagascar. Lemur catta evolution, behavioural flexibility, and conservation will be discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/303
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectring-tailed lemuren_US
dc.subjectbehavioural flexibilityen_US
dc.subjectMadagascaren_US
dc.subjecttime allocationen_US
dc.subjectfeeding agonismen_US
dc.subjectanti-predator behaviouren_US
dc.subjectlow-biomass habitaten_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Anthropology::Physical anthropologyen_US
dc.titleBehavioural strategies of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in a sub-desert spiny forest habitat at Berenty Reserve, Madagascaren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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