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Ranging behavior and habitat use of the Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) in limestone habitats of Nonggang, China

  • Qihai Zhou EMAIL logo , Hua Wei , Zhonghao Huang , Ali Krzton und Chengming Huang EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 13. November 2013
Mammalia
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Abstract

Ranging behavior and habitat utilization are important indicators of ecological influences on individual behavior. We collected data on the ranging behavior and habitat use of two groups of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) between September 2005 and August 2006 in a limestone habitat within Nonggang Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China. We evaluated the influences of spatial and temporal distribution of food resources on ranging behavior and habitat utilization. During the study period, total home range sizes for the two focus groups were 53 ha and 65 ha; mean daily path lengths were 590 m and 782 m, much smaller than those observed in other species of macaques. Assamese macaques did not use their home ranges uniformly. Fifty percent of location records occurred within 11% (group 1) and 13% (group 2) of their respective home ranges. A significant and positive correlation was found between the intensity of site use and the distribution of group feeding for both study groups. Macaques spent 71.1% of the daytime hours on cliffs during maintenance activities, including feeding. The differential utilization of the group’s home range and more intense occupation of cliffs can be related to the spatial distribution of their staple food resources, the leaves of Indocalamus calcicolus.


Corresponding authors: Qihai Zhou, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, 15#Yu Cai Road, Guiling, Guangxi 541004, China, e-mail: ; and Chengming Huang, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, China, e-mail:

Acknowledgments

This study is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 31172122, 31360093, 31372145), Guangxi Nature Science Foundation (2012GXNSFAA053039; 2012GXNSFBA053045), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University and Monitoring and Conservation of Tibetan Macaques Project of National Forestry Administration of China. We thank the Guangxi Forestry Bureau and Nonggang National Nature Reserve.

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Received: 2013-3-19
Accepted: 2013-9-25
Published Online: 2013-11-13
Published in Print: 2014-5-1

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