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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Solitary male chacma baboons in a desert canyon
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 2, No. 2, Year 1982
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Description
Solitary and paired adult (nine) and subadult (one) male chacma baboons, Papio ursinus, were observed over a period of years living in part of a wooded desert canyon not used by adjacent troops. These extratroop males were silent when alone and gave only one alarm vocalization, the “wa‐hoo” call, when paired. The space occupied by them is unsuitable for use by troops according to criteria for adequate sleeping sites and access to water. But the foods available to them, especially figs, but also other fruits and fresh acacia seeds, were abundant. These foods are more highly preferred by baboons than those foods available to troop members. Troop members deplete these resources and shift to less preferred foods with lower water content and longer processing times. All of the adult members of the troop adjacent to these isolated males were infected with a skin disease. Isolated males were not so afflicted and so cannot have originated from, or ever been a part of, this troop. They probably moved to the space where they were observed from other inland troops, traveling to their current home range along the narrow canyon river course. Copyright © 1982 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
Authors & Co-Authors
Hamilton, William John
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Tilson, R. L.
Namibia, Swakopmund
Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia
United States, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Zoo
Statistics
Citations: 24
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ajp.1350020203
ISSN:
02752565
e-ISSN:
10982345
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Participants Gender
Male