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Jones CB (Yr-Mo-Date) General schema for the analysis of mammalian inter-individual interactions. Science Blogpost. http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com/2020/08/general-schema-for-analysis-of.html
In Community Ecology, there are three (3) types of species-species interactions: Competition [-, -]; Predator-Prey [+, -]; Mutualism [+, +].
For studies in Population Ecology, we can interpolate these three types of interactions from the Comm -
Blog postCitation & PDF link...available in hard copy at Lulu "dot" com
Jones CB (2020) Female mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata
palliata: Primates, Atelidae) life-history strategies—a “major transi-
tions” approach to mammalian social evolution. Lulu.com.
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Blog postJones CB, Milanov V, Hager R (2008) Predictors of male residence patterns in groups of black howler monkeys. Journal of Zoology 275: 72-78.
Abstract: Males may share access to fertilizable females (polygynandry) in one environment while, under other conditions, polygynous (one-male or "harem") mating is the norm [in mammals]. However, few studies in mammals have empirically investigated the factors predicting when males will oexist in bisexual reproductive units rather tha -
Blog postJones CB (2005) An exploratory analysis of developmental plasticity in Costa Rican mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata Gray). In A. Estrada, PA Garber, MSM Pavelka, LeA Luecke (eds.), New perspectives in the study of Mesoamerican primates: distribution, ecology, behavior, and conservation. Springer, New York.
Summary: The topic of developmental plasticity is fundamentally related to life-history evolution (West-Eberhard 2003), in particular, patterns of survival and r -
Blog postJones CB, Van Cantfort TE (2007) Multimodal communication by male mantled howler monkeys ( Alouatta palliata palliata Gray) in sexual contexts: a descriptive analysis. Folia Primatol 78: 166-185.
Abstract: We analyzed continuously sampled focal and ad libitum data of male mantled howler Cmonkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata Gray) observed in random order. Males resided in two groups in a Costa Rican tropical dry forest environment (riparian habitat group: 3 adult males, 15 adult fema -
Blog postHorwich RH, Brockett RC, James RA, Jones CB (November 2001) Population structure and group productivity of the Belizean black howling monkey (Alouatta pigra): implications for female socioecology. Primate Report 61: 47-65.
Abstract: The assembly and architecture of populations are functions of decisions made by individuals for the optimization of lifetime survival and reproductive success. We analyzed the results of 12 longitudinal surveys (209 group counts) of Belizean black howlin -
Blog postJones CB (March, 1996) Relative Reproductive Success [RRS] in the mantled howler monkey: implications for conservation. Neotropical Primates 4(1): 21-23.
First Paragraph of Brief Communication: The structure of primate groups is thought to result from the tendency of females to select rich patches of food and that of males to select large aggregations of females (Wittenberger 1980; Emlen & Oring 1977). Because patch richness and the consequent number and quality of females -
Blog postJones CB (February, 2008) Ethology, neuroethology, and evolvability in vertebrates: a brief review and prospectus. Primate Report 75: 41-61.
Abstract: The implications of recent developments in cellular and developmental biology are discussed for vertebrate ethology, describing behavior as neuromuscular elements with the potential to generate non-lethal phenotypic novelty induced by environmental stimuli (evolvability). I present a modified schema of a recent model for the origin of -
Blog postJones CB (April, 2000) Alouatta palliata politics: Empirical and theoretical aspects of power. Primate Report 56: 3-21.
Abstract: Social scientists have studied social influence, in particular, aspects of power, for more than 50 years. Social influence in two groups of the mantled howling monkey (Alouatta palliata palliata Gray) was investigated. Dyadic aggressive interactions were observed 131 times in 516 h of observation. Ritualized aggression (the "branch-break" displa -
Blog postJones CB (January, 2004) The number of adult females in groups of polygynous howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.): theoretical inferences. Primate Report 68: 7-25.
Abstract: Several reports have documented that adult female group size in polygynous howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.) rarely exceeds 4. This paper evaluates three schemas for the interpretation of this phenomenon: (1) a simple game theoretical model; (2) the resource dispersion hypothesis; and, (3) certain models of reproductive -
Blog postJones CB (1997) Life-history patterns of howler monkeys in a time-varying environment. Biol. Primatol. Lat. 6(1): 1-8.
Abstract: This report examines the relationship between life-history characteristics and environmental predictability for mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata Gray) at Hacienda La Paccifica, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. A census with age structure was employed to estimate life-history parameters [calculations of life table after Wilson & Bosser -
Blog postJones CB (June, 1996) Temporal Division-of-Labor In A Primate: Age-Dependent Foraging Behavior. Neotropical Primates 4(2): 50-53. [with minor edits from the original]
Introduction
Division of labor based on age or size ["polyethism"] may reflect the reproductive condition of individuals in social groups. In 1967, West proposed the general hypothesis that hierarchical relations may be advantageous to both dominants and subordinates and that individuals of low rank may -
Blog postMy amazon.com comments on Eisenberg JF (1981)...Mammal "radiations"...
The mammalogist, John F. Eisenberg's, oeuvre remains one of the most highly respected and important in his field. Because most of his research investigated Neotropical mammals, rather than mammals of the Old World, his is not a household name. Because of my own specializations, in this brief review, I limit my comments to Eisenberg's treatments of mammal Behavior and Social Organization [group-living, i -
Blog postGeneral Mammalian Patterns [?--in no particular order] with an emphasis on Group-living taxa, especially, Social Biology & Behavioral Ecology--also see Twitter @cbjones1943... Conceptual Framework...
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY:: E[nergy]: Acquisition->Consumption->Allocation====> Worker &/or Reproductive &/or Dependent...(Males, T[ime] Minimizers; Females, E[nergy] Maximizers)
Mammals: Anisogamy-->Sexually-Antagonistic Se -
Blog postResearch questions for group-living vertebrates based on Ratnieks et al. 2006*, **
Introduction
Inclusive fitness theory explanations for both cooperation and conflict
What do we mean by conflict resolution?
1. "Potential conflict is any difference in the reproductive optima of individuals or groups within a society."
2. Individuals have three options...to be workers, reproductives, or dependents (e.g., "social parasites") or -
Blog postMammal Societies*Tim Clutton-Brock**2016Wiley-Blackwell (Oxford, UK)744 ppISBN 97811119095323
Addendum, 5/7/2020 [in 2 new papers by Clutton-Brock posted today on Twitter, T C-B continues his pattern of redefining, reframing, refusing to derive his ideas from mainstream views and concepts [or, providing "tight" or any formal arguments/rationales for his eccentricities]; such as: consistently, employing the term, "aggregation" rather than "group"--" -
Blog postWild Life: Adventures of an Evolutionary BiologistRobert L. TriversBiosocial ResearchNew Brunswick, NJ2015225 pages$9.58 (Paperback and Kindle)
Reviewed by Clara B. Jones, Asheville, NC, USA (February, 2016; slightly revised, 4/11/2019)
To dispense with preliminaries, I have interacted with Robert L. “Bob” Trivers intermittently since I was in graduate school but have never been in his “inner circle.” I requested a complimentary copy of Wild Life from Robert, telling him th -
Blog postGenesis: the deep origin of societies.Edward O. Wilson2019Liveright Pub. Co. (W.W. Norton & Co.)153 pp$15.88
Reviewed by Clara B. Jones, Ph.D. (2019)
"The key to the sociobiology of mammals is milk." EO Wilson (1975)
Social evolution is an important topic of investigation by behavioral ecologists and evolutionary biologists. The two categories of sociality, cooperation and altruism (Hamilton 1964), have arisen infrequently across vertebrate taxa because, in -
Blog postFig. 1. When should an Actor or a Recipient exhibit Social* Behavior [Cooperation, Altruism]? Clara B. Jones, 3/13/2019
1. This [idealized] graph**** depicts & predicts when an [idealized] organism--an Actor or a Recipient--should give/exhibit Cooperation or Altruism, defined, formally, as those interactions during which the Recipient benefits [in relative reproductive units].
2. X-axis: Time [T], Energy [E] investment in Social Behavior [reflects organism's T/E budget for -
Blog post2.4 Inferences Pertinent To Mammalian Sociality Can Be Drawn From West-Eberhard (1975)West-Eberhard’s (1975) summary of general models of social evolution reducible to mechanisms dependent upon inclusive-fitness maximizing is useful as a reminder that Hamilton’s rule is manifested in several ways, dependent upon local condition, sex, role (e.g., reproductive or helper), and lineage. It is noteworthy that each of the six strategies (1a – 3b) is, in one manner or another, applicable to social mam
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Blog post4.3 Where Males & Females Co-reside (Polygynandry; Multi-male, Multi-female Groups): Mammals
More than one reproductive males cohabiting in stable groups with reproductive females are virtually limited to mammals (Wilson 1975, Brown 1975), and most empirical reports of these structures remain descriptive (e.g., Garber and Kowalewski 2013) rather than theoretical or empirical, including, experimental. A paucity of studies is available to describe degrees of relatedness, intrasexual comp -
Blog postA Note on Male → Female Aggression in Mammals (~2012)
1 Male → Female Aggression (MFA) in mammals: stereotypy and flexibility
Female-male relations are generally analyzed from the perspective of sexual selection theory. In brief, competition among males will be intense where females are spatiotemporally clumped since male reproductive success is limited by the number of mates monopolized (per unit time), while female reproductive success is limited by the amount of energy extractible -
Blog postConstraints On Speciation In Human Populations: Phenotypic Diversity MattersClara B. Jones1*Director, 1Mammals and Phenogroups (MaPs), Asheville, NC 28801, USA*Corresponding Author. E-mail: foucault03@gmail.comPhone: -828-279-4429
ABSTRACT: A phenotype is an expression of a genotype interacting with a component of an environment. Phenotypic diversity can be generated by mutation, physiological mechanisms, developmental processes, or learning (reinforcing and aversive stimulus-response effe -
Blog postMy years as a Behavioral Ecologist (1973----->) [Behavioral Ecology: study of how Dispersion [Distribution & Abundance] of organisms "maps" onto Dispersion of limiting resources in Time & Space--the [John Hurreel] Crook-ian Model, John Hurrel Crook
Behaviour. Supplement No. 10, The Evolution of Social Organisation and Visual Communication in the Weaver Birds (Ploceine) (1964)
Conceptual Framework: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY: -
Blog postConducting Field Work Remotely
I am presenting this blogpost hoping that some researchers might find it useful--especially, females who want to remain fieldworkers while assuming caretaking responsibilities. At one point [~2006], I was unable to travel far from my home base but wanted to conduct a project in Brazil. I collaborated with a Brazilian colleague--a [then] young professor, Julio Cesar Bicca-Marques, who suspected hybridization between two species of howler monkeys at one
Books By Clara B. Jones
The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective (SpringerBriefs in Ecology)
Jan 21, 2014
$66.36
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