Conflict resolution in socially housed Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peaceful conflict resolution strategies have been identified as effective mechanisms for minimising the potential costs of group life in many gregarious species, especially in primates. The knowledge of conflict-management in orangutans, though, is still extremely limited. Given their semi-solitary lives in the wild, there seems to be barely a need for orangutans to apply conflict management strategies other than avoidance. However, because of the rapid loss of orangutan habitat due to deforestation, opportunities to prevent conflicts by dispersion are shrinking. Additionally, more and more orangutans are brought into rehabilitation centres where they are bound to live in close contact with conspecifics. This raises the questions of whether and how orangutans are able to

SUBMITTER: Kopp KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6074800 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature