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Migration Alliances and Coalitions Among Adult Male South American Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri Sciureus)

In: Behaviour
Author:
Carol L. Mitchell (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1994
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Abstract

1. Male South American squirrel monkeys form groups whose composition remains stable over migrations between troops. These groups are called 'migration alliances'. 2. Members of migration alliances support one another against other males through coalitions in genital display bouts both during immigration and throughout the year. Male alliances do not function to overcome female dominance. 3. Seasonal reproduction in squirrel monkeys may influence male alliances by a) intensification of within-group competition during the mating season, and b) production of temporally and spatially fluctuating mating opportunities between groups.

Title:
Migration Alliances and Coalitions Among Adult Male South American Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri Sciureus)
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853994X00514
Language:
English
Pages:
169–190
In:
Behaviour
In:
Volume 130: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-539X
Print ISSN:
0005-7959
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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