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Adaptations of crop‐raiding baboons in Kenya
Author(s) -
Maples William R.,
Maples Margaret K.,
Greenhood W. F.,
Walek Mary L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330450216
Subject(s) - baboon , crop , habitat , distribution (mathematics) , geography , vigilance (psychology) , ecology , agroforestry , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , neuroscience
Abstract A field study of baboon behavior as it relates to crop‐raiding was conducted on the Kenya Coast. The results proved useful for quantifying the distribution, movement, and other factors of their behavior. Such variables as troop organization, crop season, and the behavior of the farmers influence raiding behavior. Apparently diversionary activities of crop‐raiding baboons result from troop distribution along habitat margins between farms and forest and from baboon vigilance behavior.