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Factors affecting vigilance within wild mixed-species troops of saddleback (Saguinus fuscicollis) and moustached tamarins (S. mystax)

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posted on 2023-08-30, 13:24 authored by Andrew C. Smith, Shaleyla Kelez, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
We examine vigilance within a mixed-species troop of saddleback (Saguinus fuscicollis) and moustached (S. mystax) tamarins over a complete year. Saddleback tamarins were consistently more vigilant than moustached tamarins. This may be linked to their preference for lower strata. In accordance with previous studies of other primates, vigilant tamarins of both species were significantly further away from their nearest neighbours, and were also at lower heights in the forest than non-vigilant individuals. There was no observed sex difference in the amount of time spent vigilant. In terms of modes of scanning, the saddleback tamarins looked up significantly more frequently than the moustached tamarins, whereas there was no difference between the species in the frequency of side sweeps. There were no differences between the sexes in the frequencies of either type of vigilant behaviour. The proportion of time spent vigilant was higher than average immediately prior to entering a sleeping site for saddleback tamarins, but not for moustached tamarins. Both species were more vigilant immediately after exiting a sleeping site than at other times of the day. There was significant variation in the amount of time devoted to vigilance over the course of the year. These findings are discussed with respect to the social structure, ecology and main predator threats facing these species.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

56

Page range

18-25

Publication title

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

ISSN

1432-0762

Publisher

Springer

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  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2010-04-27

Legacy creation date

2020-10-02

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018)

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