Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species
Despite increasing confict at human–wildlife interfaces, there exists little research on how the attributes and behavior of individual wild animals may infuence human–wildlife interactions. Adopting a comparative approach, we examined the impact of animals’ life-history and social attributes on inte...
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| author | Balasubramaniam, Krishna N. Marty, Pascal R. Samartino, Shelby Sobrino, Alvaro Gill, Taniya Ismaili, Mohammed Saha, Rajarshi Beisner, Brianne A. Kaburu, Stefano Seraph Kiambi Bliss‑Moreau, Eliza Arlet, Malgorzata E. Ruppert, Nadine Ismail, Ahmad Mohd Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohan, Lalit Rattan, Sandeep K. Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa McCowan, Brenda |
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| description | Despite increasing confict at human–wildlife interfaces, there exists little research on how the attributes and behavior of individual wild animals may infuence human–wildlife interactions. Adopting a comparative approach, we examined the impact of animals’ life-history and social attributes on interactions between humans and (peri)urban macaques in Asia. For 10 groups of rhesus, long-tailed, and bonnet macaques, we collected social behavior, spatial data, and human–interaction data for 11–20 months on pre-identifed individuals. Mixed-model analysis revealed that, across all species, males and spatially peripheral individuals interacted with humans the most, and that high-ranking individuals initiated more interactions with humans than low-rankers. Among bonnet macaques, but not rhesus or long-tailed macaques, individuals who were more well-connected in their grooming network interacted more frequently with humans than less well-connected individuals. From an evolutionary perspective, our results suggest that individuals incurring lower costs related to their life-history (males) and resource-access (high rank; strong social connections within a socially tolerant macaque species), but also higher costs on account of compromising the advantages of being in the core of their group (spatial periphery), are the most likely to take risks by interacting with humans in anthropogenic environments. From a conservation perspective, evaluating individual behavior will better inform eforts to minimize confict-related costs and zoonotic-risk. |
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| spelling | upm-892882021-11-03T06:41:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89288/ Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species Balasubramaniam, Krishna N. Marty, Pascal R. Samartino, Shelby Sobrino, Alvaro Gill, Taniya Ismaili, Mohammed Saha, Rajarshi Beisner, Brianne A. Kaburu, Stefano Seraph Kiambi Bliss‑Moreau, Eliza Arlet, Malgorzata E. Ruppert, Nadine Ismail, Ahmad Mohd Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohan, Lalit Rattan, Sandeep K. Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa McCowan, Brenda Despite increasing confict at human–wildlife interfaces, there exists little research on how the attributes and behavior of individual wild animals may infuence human–wildlife interactions. Adopting a comparative approach, we examined the impact of animals’ life-history and social attributes on interactions between humans and (peri)urban macaques in Asia. For 10 groups of rhesus, long-tailed, and bonnet macaques, we collected social behavior, spatial data, and human–interaction data for 11–20 months on pre-identifed individuals. Mixed-model analysis revealed that, across all species, males and spatially peripheral individuals interacted with humans the most, and that high-ranking individuals initiated more interactions with humans than low-rankers. Among bonnet macaques, but not rhesus or long-tailed macaques, individuals who were more well-connected in their grooming network interacted more frequently with humans than less well-connected individuals. From an evolutionary perspective, our results suggest that individuals incurring lower costs related to their life-history (males) and resource-access (high rank; strong social connections within a socially tolerant macaque species), but also higher costs on account of compromising the advantages of being in the core of their group (spatial periphery), are the most likely to take risks by interacting with humans in anthropogenic environments. From a conservation perspective, evaluating individual behavior will better inform eforts to minimize confict-related costs and zoonotic-risk. Nature Publishing Group 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89288/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Balasubramaniam, Krishna N. and Marty, Pascal R. and Samartino, Shelby and Sobrino, Alvaro and Gill, Taniya and Ismaili, Mohammed and Saha, Rajarshi and Beisner, Brianne A. and Kaburu, Stefano Seraph Kiambi and Bliss‑Moreau, Eliza and Arlet, Malgorzata E. and Ruppert, Nadine and Ismail, Ahmad and Mohd Sah, Shahrul Anuar and Mohan, Lalit and Rattan, Sandeep K. and Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa and McCowan, Brenda (2020) Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species. Scientific Reports, 10. art. no. 21991. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2045-2322 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78881-3 10.1038/s41598-020-78881-3 |
| spellingShingle | Balasubramaniam, Krishna N. Marty, Pascal R. Samartino, Shelby Sobrino, Alvaro Gill, Taniya Ismaili, Mohammed Saha, Rajarshi Beisner, Brianne A. Kaburu, Stefano Seraph Kiambi Bliss‑Moreau, Eliza Arlet, Malgorzata E. Ruppert, Nadine Ismail, Ahmad Mohd Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohan, Lalit Rattan, Sandeep K. Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa McCowan, Brenda Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title | Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title_full | Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title_fullStr | Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title_short | Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
| title_sort | impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species |
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