Flexibility in food extraction techniques in urban free-ranging bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata.

ABSTRACT: Non-human primate populations, other than responding appropriately to naturally occurring challenges, also need to cope with anthropogenic factors such as environmental pollution, resource depletion, and habitat destruction. Populations and individuals are likely to show considerable variations in food extraction abilities, with some populations and individuals more efficient than others at exploiting a set of resources. In this study, we examined among urban free-ranging bonnet macaques, Macaca radiata (a) local differences in food extraction abilities, (b) between-individual variation and within-individual consistency in problem-solving success and the underlying problem-solving characteristics, and (c) behavioral patterns associated with higher efficiency in food extraction. When presen

SUBMITTER: Mangalam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3869890 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature