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Postpartum cessation of urban space use by a female baboon living at the edge of the City of Cape Town
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Ines Fuertbauer ,
Andrew King
Ecology and Evolution, Volume: 13, Issue: 5
Swansea University Authors:
Anna Bracken, Charlotte Christensen, Ines Fuertbauer , Andrew King
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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/ece3.9963
Abstract
Species with slow life history strategies that invest in few offspring with extended parental care need to adapt their behavior to cope with anthropogenic changes that occur within their lifetime. Here we show that a female chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) that commonly ranges within urban space in the...
| Published in: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| ISSN: | 2045-7758 2045-7758 |
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Wiley
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63496 |
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Species with slow life history strategies that invest in few offspring with extended parental care need to adapt their behavior to cope with anthropogenic changes that occur within their lifetime. Here we show that a female chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) that commonly ranges within urban space in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, stops using urban space after giving birth. This change of space use occurs without any significant change in daily distance traveled or social interactions that would be expected with general risk-sensitive behavior after birth. Instead, we suggest this change occurs because of the specific and greater risks the baboons experience within the urban space compared to natural space, and because leaving the troop (to enter urban space) may increase infanticide risk. This case study can inform methods used to manage the baboons' urban space use in Cape Town and provides insight into how life history events alter individuals' use of anthropogenic environments. |
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| Keywords: |
anthropogenic environments birth GPS life history |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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MJO was supported by NRF incentive funding. AMB and CC were supported by College of Science/Swansea University PhD scholarships |
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5 |