Research Article, J Biodivers Manage Forestry Vol: 8 Issue: 3
Colony and Ethological Dynamics Assessment of Macaca mulatta in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan
Dauda TO1,2*, Shahrul AMS1, Taimur1 and Karimullah K1
1School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Penang, Malaysia
2Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author : Dauda TO, TWAS-USM Post-Doctoral Fellowship
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Penang, 11800,
Malaysia
Email: taofikdaud@usm.my
Received date: August 23, 2019; Accepted date: September 17, 2019; Published date: September 24, 2019
Citation: Dauda TO, Shahrul AMS, Taimur, Karimullah K (2019) Colony and Ethological Dynamics Assessment of Macaca mulatta in Ayubia National Park,
Pakistan. J Biodivers Manage Forestry 8:3. doi: 10.37532/jbmf.2019.8(3).216
Abstract
Monkey ethology involve 4 main branches; evolutionary history, development, stimulus control and adaptive function which areprone to changes due to variation from the sources. This assessment was undertaken to investigate free range monkeys ’ ethology and design/develop a model behavioral changes pattern using Macaca mulatta ’ s data collected between June and October 2013 at Ayubia National Park (latitude 34° 00' 48" and 34° 06' 23" N; longitude 73° 22' 54" and 73° 27' 15"), Pakistan. Group size and behavioural data were obtained through survey and scan sampling and analysed using descriptive, non-parametric statistics and auto-regression model analysis. The auto regressive model produced the residual sum of 1.18 × 10-15 indicating a very high level of predictability and an apparent dynamic nature of the rhesus monkey grouping.
