Megan D Matheson
Biographic Data
| ID | 156071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan D Matheson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan D |
| FAMILY NAME | Matheson |
| SIGNATURE | MATHESON M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tourism and Infant-Directed Aggression in Tibetan Macaques ( Macaca thibetana ) at Mt. Huangshan, China
Previous studies of habituated Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China demonstrated the negative impact that some tourism management strategies had on monkeys' annual infant mortality, but data on precise causes and perpetrators of infant injuries were not available. We worked at the same site and recorded rates of aggression that older monkeys directed toward group infants as a function of tourist numbers and proximity. We fo…
Grooming reciprocity in male Tibetan macaques
In several primate species, adult males are reported to compete for access to reproductive partners as well as forming affiliative and cohesive social bonds based on the exchange of goods or services. We hypothesized that among a broad set of fitness-maximizing strategies, grooming can be used by individual adult males to enhance social relationships through reciprocity and/or through the interchange of grooming for a different but equivalent goo…
First occurrence of twins in provisioned free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Huangshan, China
Tourist impact on Tibetan macaques
Ecotourism is a growing sector of the tourism industry, but few studies to date have quantified its impacts on local people, tourists and wildlife. We present a preliminary study on threat and affiliative behaviors of two groups of free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) as a function of habituation and tourist presence. Data indicate that the less habituated group spent less time within sight of tourists compared with the more habituate…
Response to novel housing in two groups of captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
Effects of Perceived Risk and Strength of Affiliation on Decisions to Help Others
In this study, the influence of perceived affiliation with a target and perceived risk on decisions to act altruistically were investigated. These are variables which have been suggested by the social and evolutionary psychology literatures, respectively. 12 participants responded to automobile accident scenarios that combined risk and affiliation with a target in descriptions of opportunities to render aid. Participants reported a lower likeliho…
Conflict and post-conflict behavior in a small group of chimpanzees
Grooming, social bonding, and agonistic aiding in rhesus monkeys
An analysis of simultaneous grooming bouts in a captive group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) failed to provide evidence of competition to groom high ranking partners. Not only were grooming supplantations rare, but the highest ranking individuals performing grooming did not groom the highest ranking animals receiving grooming. Lower ranking partners, however, did more grooming in nonkin dyads. Grooming partners aided one another in agonistic …
Social Contact Following Severe Aggression in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Male reunion displays in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
When males in captive tufted capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) groups separate and come together within their group, they have been observed to embrace and vocalize upon reunion. This display has not been observed in any other age/sex class. To investigate this, we deliberately separated six animals, including the only two adult males, from each of two social groups. We hypothesized that only the adult males would embrace upon reintroduction. When t…
Forthcoming inAmerican Journal of Primatology
Tourist impact on Tibetan macaques
Ecotourism is a growing sector of the tourism industry, but few studies to date have quantified its impacts on local people, tourists and wildlife. We present a preliminary study on threat and affiliative behaviors of two groups of free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) as a function of habituation and tourist presence. Data indicate that the less habituated group spent less time within sight of tourists compared with the more habituate…
Social Contact Following Severe Aggression in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Male reunion displays in tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
When males in captive tufted capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) groups separate and come together within their group, they have been observed to embrace and vocalize upon reunion. This display has not been observed in any other age/sex class. To investigate this, we deliberately separated six animals, including the only two adult males, from each of two social groups. We hypothesized that only the adult males would embrace upon reintroduction. When t…
Forthcoming inAmerican Journal of Primatology
Social Contact Following Severe Aggression in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Grooming, social bonding, and agonistic aiding in rhesus monkeys
An analysis of simultaneous grooming bouts in a captive group of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) failed to provide evidence of competition to groom high ranking partners. Not only were grooming supplantations rare, but the highest ranking individuals performing grooming did not groom the highest ranking animals receiving grooming. Lower ranking partners, however, did more grooming in nonkin dyads. Grooming partners aided one another in agonistic …
Conflict and post-conflict behavior in a small group of chimpanzees
Response to novel housing in two groups of captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
Effects of Perceived Risk and Strength of Affiliation on Decisions to Help Others
In this study, the influence of perceived affiliation with a target and perceived risk on decisions to act altruistically were investigated. These are variables which have been suggested by the social and evolutionary psychology literatures, respectively. 12 participants responded to automobile accident scenarios that combined risk and affiliation with a target in descriptions of opportunities to render aid. Participants reported a lower likeliho…
Tourist impact on Tibetan macaques
Ecotourism is a growing sector of the tourism industry, but few studies to date have quantified its impacts on local people, tourists and wildlife. We present a preliminary study on threat and affiliative behaviors of two groups of free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) as a function of habituation and tourist presence. Data indicate that the less habituated group spent less time within sight of tourists compared with the more habituate…
First occurrence of twins in provisioned free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Huangshan, China
Tourism and Infant-Directed Aggression in Tibetan Macaques ( Macaca thibetana ) at Mt. Huangshan, China
Previous studies of habituated Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China demonstrated the negative impact that some tourism management strategies had on monkeys' annual infant mortality, but data on precise causes and perpetrators of infant injuries were not available. We worked at the same site and recorded rates of aggression that older monkeys directed toward group infants as a function of tourist numbers and proximity. We fo…
Grooming reciprocity in male Tibetan macaques
In several primate species, adult males are reported to compete for access to reproductive partners as well as forming affiliative and cohesive social bonds based on the exchange of goods or services. We hypothesized that among a broad set of fitness-maximizing strategies, grooming can be used by individual adult males to enhance social relationships through reciprocity and/or through the interchange of grooming for a different but equivalent goo…
Animal Behavior and Reproduction (9 works) · Biology (9 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 works) · Aggression (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Animal ecology (4 works) · Geography (4 works)