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Conditions of observation and social distance in groups of squirrel monkeys,Saimiri sciureus

Author(s) -

Fernándo Álvarez

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

primates

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1016-7365

pISSN - 0032-8332

DOI - 10.1007/bf02382743

Subject(s) - saimiri sciureus , squirrel monkey , animal ecology , group cohesiveness , observer (physics) , behavioural sciences , primate , communication , psychology , biology , zoology , social psychology , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist

Observation conditions were very influential in determining the social distance among members of groups of squirrel monkeys. With observer visible to the animals and recording by talking into a tape recorder the monkeys did not show a consistent pattern of social distance as reflected by actual space and frequency of bodily contacts, whereas when the observer was concealed, looking through a one-way vision screen and recording silently by marking on paper, the subjects tended to group in unisexual clusters, with that of the females showing higher cohesiveness. © 1975 Japan Monkey Centre.Peer Reviewe

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