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1. Tourism and Infant-Directed Aggression in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China

Author:
Wagner, R. Steven,   et al.   ; Self, Sydney; Sheeran, Lori K.; Matheson, Megan D.; Li, Jin-Hua; Pelton, Oland D.; Harding, Sarah;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Anthrozoös 2013 v.26 no.3 pp. 435-444
ISSN:
1753-0377
Subject:
Macaca; adults; aggression; females; infant mortality; infants; juveniles; males; monkeys; tourism; tourists; weaning; China
Abstract:
... Previous studies of habituated Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China demonstrated the negative impact that some tourism management strategies had on monkeys' annual infant mortality, but data on precise causes and perpetrators of infant injuries were not available. We worked at the same site and recorded rates of aggression that older monkeys directed toward group infants as ...
DOI:
10.2752/175303713X13697429463790