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Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento
On-line version ISSN 1852-4206
Abstract
TARANO, Zaida and FLORES, Ruth M.. Analysis of post-agonism reconciliation in a captive group of the wedge-capped capuchin monkey, Cebus olivaceus: A pilot study. Rev Arg Cs Comp. [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.1, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-4206.
Agonism was often associated to an increase in inter-individual distances in social individuals; however, many evidences indicate that individuals affiliate after a dispute ( "reconciliate"). The post-agonism behavior of individuals in a captive troop of the wedge-capped capuchin monkey was described and conciliatory tendency (CT) was estimated by using the PC-MC (Post-Conflict - Matched Control) method; here PA-MC (Post-Agonism - Matched-Control). Males initiated more agonistic interactions toward females than to other males while females avoided initiating them toward males. Interestingly, females were more prone to initiate reconciliation than males, both toward males (CT: 0.20-0.42) and toward other females (CT: 0.24-0.25). Overall, the CT in the group ranged from 0.127 to 0.198. We compared our results with those from other capuchins and propose that reconciliation may not be fundamental in maintaining social cohesion in Cebidae; nonetheless, due to our small sample, this is a preliminary conclusion.
Keywords : Reconciliation; Capuchin Monkey; Agonism; Conciliatory Tendency.