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Contexts and messages in macaque social communication
Author(s) -
Maxim Peter E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350020109
Subject(s) - macaque , rhesus macaque , social relation , social psychology , psychology , scale (ratio) , social group , communication , biology , ecology , geography , genetics , cartography
Using a previously developed quantitative scale of social behavior, interactions between group members in seven groups of rhesus macaques were studied. Analysis of 636 behavior chains showed that the large number of different chain sequences (445) was due in part to the large number of contexts in which interactions were occurring. A catalog of 33 contexts of interaction was empirically developed. Particular behaviors were found to have different frequencies of occurrence in different contexts. These frequency differences can be accounted for by the verbal message statements derived for each behavior.