A5009973143- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
University of Mysore
2017-2022
The populations of many species that are widespread and commensal with humans have been drastically declining during the past few decades, but little attention has paid to their conservation. Here, we report status bonnet macaque, a is considered 'least-concern' for We show widely ranging rhesus macaque expanding its range into distributional endemic only southern India. Bonnet macaques very low abundance in forests all types indicating it not typically forest dwelling species. traditionally...
Abstract Rapid urbanization exerts novel adaptive pressures on animals at the interface of natural and altered environments. Urban often rely synthetic foods that require skilled extraction flexible processing. We studied how treatment an embedded food, peanut, determined its processing across groups bonnet macaques ( Macaca radiata ) differing in encounter familiarity with peanut. The possibility application methods to similar was also tested. found encounter- form...
Abstract Objectives How a species uses its anatomical manipulators is determined by anatomy, physiology, and ecology. While ecology explains interspecific variation in gripping, grasping, manipulating objects, role intraspecific mouth‐ hand‐use animals less explored. Primates are distinguished their prehensile capabilities manual dexterity. In context to the adaptive pressures of urbanization on primates, we examined if mouth hand use differed across forest‐urban gradient food retrieval...
ABSTRACT Extractive foraging is generally studied from the perspective of behavioral flexibility, cognitive ability, innovation and social learning. Despite its potential to elucidate synanthropic adaptation in species exploiting enclosed anthropogenic food, research on extractive under urban conditions limited. Since a large extent food packaged contains highly processed processes identification/extraction by nonhuman become intriguing themes research. We how processing status embedded...