Ecological constraints on group size: an analysis of spider monkey and chimpanzee subgroups

By Colin A. Chapman, R. Wrangham, L. Chapman. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2004

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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Diet and Feeding Ecology of Woolly Monkeys in a Western Amazonian Rain Forest (2004, background): “…e.g., dietary composition, foraging party size, feeding party size, all correlate well with ecological variables describing the distribution and habitat-wide abundance of resources (Chapman, 1990; Chapman et al., 1995; Leighton and Leighton, 1982; Strier, 1989, 1991; Symington, 1987, 1988).”
Social and ecological determinants of fission-fusion dynamics in the spotted hyaena (2008, background): “Because social and ecological circumstances can promote or constrain the cohesiveness of animal societies (Chapman 1990; Wrangham et al. 1993; Chapman et al. 1995), we first evaluated the extent to which specific circumstances promote the formation of hyaena subgroups of various sizes and the tenden”
Spinner dolphins in a remote Hawaiian atoll: social grouping and population structure (2005, background): “For instance, there are striking cases of convergence in the social systems of distantly related primate species that have at least superficial similarities in their ecological adaptations, such as chimpanzees and spider monkeys, or talapoins (Miopithecus telapoin) and squirrel monkeys ( Chapman et ”
Conflict and Cooperation in Wild Chimpanzees (2005, background): “Parties include 4-10 individuals on average, and usually contain more males than females (Boesch, 1996; Chapman et al., 1995; Matsumoto-Oda et al., 1998; Mitani et al., 2002a; Newton-Fisher et al., 2000; Sakura, 1994; Wrangham, 2000).”
Fissioning minimizes ranging costs in spider monkeys: a multiple-level approach (2009, positive): “In addition, the model by Chapman et al. (1995) suggests that individuals of species with high levels of fission–fusion dynamics should form smaller subgroups when access to resources requires longer travel distances (e.g., when small patches are widely distributed).”
Seasonal Variations in Diet and Foraging Behavior of Ateles chamek in a Southern Amazonian Tropical Forest (2005, background): “However, spider monkeys are highly frugivorous relying on a patchy and energetically variable resource distribution (Chapman et al., 1995; McFarland Symington, 1988a), and therefore may spend more time moving between resources that are patchy but of a relatively high quality.”
Fission–fusion social systems as a strategy for coping with ecological constraints: a primate case (2007, methodology): “In addition, we also used AVHRR satellite data on forest cover from DeFries et al. (2000) to determine the percentage of forest cover for each of our sites.”
Risk-prone hunting by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) increases during periods of high diet quality (2007, positive): “The availability of ripe fruit in chimpanzee habitat varies considerably over time, resulting in alternating but unpredictable periods of nutrient shortfall or abundance (Chapman et al. 1995; Wrangham et al. 1998).”
Socioecological adaptations by chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus, inhabiting an anthropogenically impacted habitat (2012, background): “This should allow direct comparisons of within-group feeding competitionwith other crops that occur in depleting patches (e.g. maize, Zea mays), and with wild foods such as monodominant patches of terrestrial herbaceous vegetation of the families Marantaceae and Zingiberaceae (Stephens & Krebs 1986;”
Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca (2012, positive): “…being larger when food is more abundant (many antelope species: Jarman 1974; spider monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi, and chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes: Chapman et al. 1995; various primates: Janson & Goldsmith 1995; badgers, Meles meles: Kruuk & Parish 1982; ants, Veromessor pergandei, Pogonomyrmex…”
To fission or to fusion: effects of community size on wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) social organisation (2004, background): “…had limited party sizes previously by allowing only a certain number of individuals to feed at a certain patch before it is depleted, we would expect party size to be negatively correlated with chimpanzee density and feeding time (Wrangham 1986; Chapman et al. 1995), which was not the case.”
Time Allocation Patterns of Lowland Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha poeppigii) in a Neotropical Terra Firma Forest (2001, background): “For spider monkeys, foraging party size is very flexible, correlated with both the overall abundance of resources in the environment (Symington, 1987, 1988) and with the size and density of resource patches being used (Chapman, 1990; Chapman, et al., 1995 ).”
Comparative Feeding Ecology of Two Communities of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Kibale National Park, Uganda (2011, background): “However, high travel costs between successive patches can constrain the ability of individuals to form large groups even in large patches (Chapman et al. 1995).”
Ecological and social factors affect the occurrence and outcomes of intergroup encounters in chimpanzees (2012, positive): “As described by Chapman et al. (1995), 26 sampling transects were established throughout the trail system (1990e1992).”
The ecology of conception and pregnancy failure in wild baboons (2006, background): “…larger groups must forage further or more often to meet the energetic requirements of their members (Milton 1984; Janson 1988; Wrangham et al. 1993; Chapman et al. 1995), and previous studies on Amboseli groups have found that dry periods are associated with increased time spent foraging…”
Fission‐Fusion Dynamics (2008, background): “…methodological improvement for the recognition of nonrandom association patterns has been made (supplement A), and several socioecological factors influencing party size have been identified (e.g., Chapman, Wrangham, and Chapman 1995; Lehmann and Boesch 2004; Mitani, Watts, and Lwanga 2002).”