Emergent group level navigation: an agent-based evaluation of movement patterns in a folivorous primate.

ABSTRACT: The foraging activity of many organisms reveal strategic movement patterns, showing efficient use of spatially distributed resources. The underlying mechanisms behind these movement patterns, such as the use of spatial memory, are topics of considerable debate. To augment existing evidence of spatial memory use in primates, we generated movement patterns from simulated primate agents with simple sensory and behavioral capabilities. We developed agents representing various hypotheses of memory use, and compared the movement patterns of simulated groups to those of an observed group of red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus), testing for: the effects of memory type (Euclidian or landmark based), amount of memory retention, and the effects of social rules in making foraging choices at t

SUBMITTER: Bonnell TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3804626 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature