@article{9ea76c31dd1a4ac99136835ac79c7043,
title = "Fruit availability has a complex relationship with fission–fusion dynamics in spider monkeys",
abstract = "Understanding the ecological and social factors that influence group size is a major focus of primate behavioural ecology. Studies of species with fission–fusion social organizations have offered an insightful tool for understanding ecological drivers of group size as associations change over short temporal and spatial scales. Here we investigated how the fission–fusion dynamics of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) at Runaway Creek, Belize were affected by fruit availability. When males and females were analyzed together, we found no association between fruit availability and subgroup size. However, when females were analyzed separately, we found that when fruit availability increased, so did subgroup size. In all analyses, higher fruit availability did not influence subgroup spatial cohesion. Our results point to the complexity of understanding grouping patterns, in that while ecological factors make groups of specific sizes advantageous, social factors also play an important determining role.",
keywords = "Ateles geoffroyi, Food resources, Group size, Subgroup",
author = "Hartwell, {Kayla S.} and Hugh Notman and Urs Kalbitzer and Chapman, {Colin A.} and Pavelka, {Mary M.S.M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Thanks to Dr. Gil and Lillian Boese, Larry and Cindy Law, the Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee for permission to work in the Runaway Creek Nature Reserve. Thanks to Birds without Borders for their cooperation and help. We are grateful to the following people who contributed to data: Stevan Reneau, Brittany Dean, Kayley Evans, Jane Champion, Gilroy Welch, Colin Dubreuil, and Meredith Brown. Furthermore, we are grateful to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their highly valuable feedback. Our research was supported by the University of Calgary, Athabasca University, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Funding Information: Thanks to Dr. Gil and Lillian Boese, Larry and Cindy Law, the Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee for permission to work in the Runaway Creek Nature Reserve. Thanks to Birds without Borders for their cooperation and help. We are grateful to the following people who contributed to data: Stevan Reneau, Brittany Dean, Kayley Evans, Jane Champion, Gilroy Welch, Colin Dubreuil, and Meredith Brown. Furthermore, we are grateful to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their highly valuable feedback. Our research was supported by the University of Calgary, Athabasca University, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Japan Monkey Centre and Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1007/s10329-020-00862-x",
language = "English",
volume = "62",
pages = "165--175",
number = "1",
}