Keywords :
Macaca leonina,
Habitat degradation,
Behavioral flexibility,
Habituation process,
Ranging patterns,
Foraging strategies,
Sleeping site selection,
Seed shadows,
Forest regeneration,
Large seeds,
Thailand,
Hidden Markov Models
บทคัดย่อ :
results showed that northern pigtailed macaques are effective seed dispersers in this degraded habitat.
Overall, our findings provide novel insights regarding northern pigtailed macaques adaptability to habitat degradation,which include selection of numerous sleeping sites following food availability, use of exotic Acacia species in plantations tocope with native fruit scarcity, and use of large home range. These behavioral profiles result in long-distance dispersalevents, giving an overview of their contributions to forest restoration and maintenance of ecosystem functions within theirranges. Our results bring a significant contribution to the current knowledge of the ecology and factors affecting rangingpatterns, resource use, and seed dispersal effectiveness of the northern pigtailed macaque classified as vulnerable but stillpoorly-known, and constitute an essential starting point toward designing appropriate conservation strategies.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Gazagne, E. (2020d). Behavioral flexibility and ecological impact of opportunist northern pigtailed macaques (Macaca leonina) in a degraded environment of Thailand: Ranging pattern, foraging strategies and seed dispersal (Doctoral dissertation, Universite de Liege,
