Recruitment and monitoring behaviors by leaders predict following in wild Barbary macaques (<i>Macaca sylvanus</i>)

Seltmann, Anne; Franz, Mathias; Majolo, Bonaventura; Qarro, Mohamed; Ostner, Julia; Schülke, Oliver

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-3-23-2016

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-3-23-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-3-23-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Research article

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08 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 08 Jul 2016

Recruitment and monitoring behaviors by leaders predict following in wild Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)

Anne Seltmann, Mathias Franz, Bonaventura Majolo, Mohamed Qarro, Julia Ostner, and Oliver Schülke

Data sets

Dataset and R code of "Recruitment and monitoring behaviors by leaders predict following in wild Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)" GLMM https://zenodo.org/record/57260

Short summary

We investigated collective movements in a group of wild Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in the Middle Atlas, Morocco. While pauses of the first departing individual enhanced following behavior, the opposite was found for back glancing. To successfully initiate a collective movement, it seemed to be sufficient for a socially integrated group member to take action when other group members signal their willingness prior to departure and to occasionally wait for the group while moving.