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Choosing the best way: how wild common marmosets travel to efficiently exploit resources.
Xavier, Dêverton Plácido; Abreu, Filipa; Souto, Antonio; Schiel, Nicola.
Afiliação
  • Xavier DP; Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Ethology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Abreu F; Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Ethology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. filipaabreu88@gmail.com.
  • Souto A; Laboratory of Ethology, Department of Zoology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Schiel N; Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Ethology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Anim Cogn ; 27(1): 20, 2024 Mar 02.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38429612
ABSTRACT
While foraging, animals have to find potential food sites, remember these sites, and plan the best navigation route. To deal with problems associated with foraging for multiple and patchy resources, primates may employ heuristic strategies to improve foraging success. Until now, no study has attempted to investigate experimentally the use of such strategies by a primate in a context involving foraging in large-scale space. Thus, we carried out an experimental field study that aimed to test if wild common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) employ heuristic strategies to efficiently navigate through multiple feeding sites distributed in a large-scale space. In our experiment, we arranged four feeding platforms in a trapezoid configuration with up to 60 possible routes and observe marmosets' decisions under two experimental conditions. In experimental condition I, all platforms contained the same amount of food; in experimental condition II, the platforms had different amounts of food. According to the number and arrangement of the platforms, we tested two heuristic strategies the Nearest Neighbor Rule and the Gravity Rule. Our results revealed that wild common marmosets prefer to use routes consistent with a heuristic strategy more than expected by chance, regardless of food distribution. The findings also demonstrate that common marmosets seem to integrate different factors such as distance and quantity of food across multiple sites distributed over a large-scale space, employing a combination of heuristic strategies to select the most efficient routes available. In summary, our findings confirm our expectations and provide important insights into the spatial cognition of these small neotropical primates.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Callithrix / Cognição Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Anim Cogn Assunto da revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Callithrix / Cognição Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Anim Cogn Assunto da revista: MEDICINA VETERINARIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil