Should I stay or should I go? Individual movement decisions during group departures in red-fronted lemurs.

ABSTRACT: Collective movements are essential for maintaining group cohesion. However, group members can have different optimal departure times, depending on individual, social and contextual factors whose relative importance remains poorly known. We, therefore, studied collective departures in four groups of red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar, to investigate the influence of an individual's age, sex, their affiliative relationships and their proximity to other group members at the time of departure on their individual departure decision. We recorded behavioural and spatial data on individual departures during 167 group movements and conducted group scans (181-279 per group) to assess affiliative relationships. All factors influenced individual departures. Bot

SUBMITTER: Sperber AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458422 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature