Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator).

ABSTRACT: Terrestrial mammals exploiting coastal resources must cope with the challenge that resource availability and accessibility fluctuate with tidal cycles. Tool use can improve foraging efficiency and provide access to structurally protected resources that are otherwise unavailable (e.g. molluscs and fruits). To understand how variable accessibility of valuable resources shapes behavioural patterns, and whether tool use aids in the efficient exploitation of intertidal resources, we compared the relationship between tidal cycles and activity patterns of tool-using versus non-tool-using groups of white-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, Panama. Although tool use on Jicarón is localized to a small stretch of coast (approx. 1 km), all coastal groups forage on intertid

SUBMITTER: Goldsborough Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature