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Ambiguity aversion in rhesus macaques [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2010
People generally prefer risky options, which have fully specified outcome probabilities, to ambiguous options, which have unspecified probabilities.
Benjamin eHayden   +2 more
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Paternity testing for crab‐eating macaques and rhesus macaques using microsatellite markers [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine
Accurate macaque paternity identification is of great significance in various fields, yet relevant research remains scarce. Our study aimed to screen effective microsatellite markers for macaque paternity testing.
Yiming Yuan   +10 more
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Monetary Value of Live Trade in a Commonly Traded Primate, the Long-Tailed Macaque, Based on Global Trade Statistics

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Non-human primates (primates) are regarded as key research subjects for pre-clinical trials of several drugs aimed to alleviate human suffering. It has long been suggested that the predominant species in the international trade in live primates for use ...
Malene Friis Hansen   +9 more
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Effects of captive and primate-focused tourism on the gut microbiome of Tibetan macaques

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Documenting the effects of anthropogenic activities on the gut microbiome of wild animals is important to their conservation practices. Captivity and ecotourism are generally considered two common anthropogenic disturbances on the health of nonhuman ...
Yingna Xia   +16 more
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Variation of social strategies between bluff and unobtrusive immigrant males during integration into a new social group: a case study in Macaca thibetana

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Immigrant males employed a range of species-specific social strategies to facilitate integration into a new social group for establishing stable dominant ranks and affiliative relationships with unfamiliar competitors who require them to adapt their ...
Cheng-Ren Zhao   +10 more
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Sleeping sites provide new insight into multiple central place foraging strategies of Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana)

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Food resources, including food types, quantity, and quality, are the key factors that determine the survival and reproduction of wild animals. However, the most basic requirement is access to food.
Bo-Wen Li   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex-Specific Variation of Social Play in Wild Immature Tibetan Macaques, Macaca thibetana

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Theories proposed to explain social play have centered on its function in establishing social relationships critical for adulthood, its function in developing motor skills needed to survive, and promoting cognitive development and social learning.
Tong Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Influence of Environmental Sources on the Gut Mycobiome of Tibetan Macaques

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The distribution and availability of microbes in the environment has an important effect on the composition of the gut microbiome of wild vertebrates. However, our current knowledge of gut-environmental interactions is based principally on data from the ...
Binghua Sun   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Captivity Is Associated With Gut Mycobiome Composition in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Although recent studies have revealed that gut fungi may play an important functional role in animal biology and health, little is known concerning the effects of anthropogenic pressures on the gut mycobiome.
Binghua Sun   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consort partner preference in male Tibetan macaques: How to choose when females conceal their ovulation?

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Growing evidence suggested that males suffer energetic costs from sexual behavior, males should discriminate among receptive females due to their reproductive quality, and deservedly, they would prefer females during the fertile phase.
Qi-Xin Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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