Structural aspects of arboreality in titi monkeys ( Callicebus moloch )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles R Menzel (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-176 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330700204 |
| PMID | 3740245 |
| OpenAlex | W2088855493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 16 |
In nature titi monkeys spend virtually all of their time in trees. Preferences for certain heights above the ground or for trees per se are probably not, however, the immediate causes of this behavior, for animals housed in a large field cage containing many trees spend most of their time on a low‐altitude artificial runway system. Further, the animals are not necessarily reluctant to touch the ground. To investigate the importance of perceived substrate structure as a determinant of arboreality, individuals were given opportunities to descend from their home runway and travel to food placed nearby on the ground. The animals travelled along a schematic model of a tree branch rather than across open ground when given a choice of these substrates, but they readily crossed the open ground when it was their only travel option. When the schematic model increased substantially in length and no longer provided a short route to food, it was still the preferred substrate. The results suggest that an abstract representation of a tree branch attracts and guides locomotion in titis, and that responsiveness to substrate characteristics contributes to arboreality in this species
Biology · Geography · Schematic · Substrate (aquarium) · Tree (set theory) · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Ecology · Engineering · Mathematics · Primate Behavior and Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |