A newly-found pattern of social relationships among adults within one-male units of golden snub-nosed monkeys(Rhinopithecus roxenalla)in the Qinling Mountains,China  

作　　者：Xiaowei WANG Chengliang WANG Xiaoguang QI Songtao GUO Haitao ZHAO Baoguo LI 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Zoology,Shaanxi Academy of Sciences,Xi’an,China [2]College of Life Sciences,Northwest University,Xi’an,China

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2013年第4期400-409,共10页整合动物学（英文版）

基　　金：funded by grants from the Key Program of National Natural Science Fund(31130061);the Special Foundation of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences,China(2012K-01);the Youth Foundation of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences,China(2013K-35);the Western Light Talent Culture Project(2011DF05);the National Nature Science Foundation of China(30970444,30970168,30970379);the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20106101110005);the Cosmo Oil Eco Card Fund of Japan(2005–2012).

摘　　要：Group living provides various advantages to individuals in regards to protection avoidance,intergroup competition,productive success and social information.Stable one-male units(OMUs)consist of relationships between the adult females and the resident male as well as the relationships among adult females.Based on continuous observation of a reproductive group of golden snub-nosed monkeys(Rhinopithecus roxellana)in the Qinling Mountains,we analyzed the relationships among adult individual dyads within 4 OMUs.The results indicated that in golden snub-nosed monkey societies,females not only had no strong tendency to build a relationship with the resident male in the OMU but also had no strong tendency to build relationships with other females in the OMU.In comparison with hamadryas(Papio hamadryas)and gelada baboons(Theropithecus gelada),the relationships within golden snub-nosed monkeys OMUs showed neither the star-shaped pattern observed in hamadryas baboons nor the net-shaped pattern observed in gelada baboons.We concluded that the relationships within golden snub-nosed monkey OMUs indicated a third pattern in nonhuman primate societies.Future research is required to determine the potential mechanisms for such a pattern.

关 键 词：adult dyad relationships golden snub-nosed monkey one-male unit patterns of social relationships Rhinopithecus roxellana 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]