Emergent patterns of social organization in captive Cercocebus torquatus: Testing the GrooFiWorld agent-based model.
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2012-09
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We empirically applied the GrooFiWorld agent-based model (Puga-González et al. 2009) in a group of captive redcapped
mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus). We analysed several measurements related to aggression and affiliative
patterns. The group adopted a combination of despotic and egalitarian behaviours resulting from the behavioural
flexibility observed in the Cercopithecinae subfamily. Our study also demonstrates that the GrooFiWorld agent-based
model can be extended to other members of the Cercopithecinae subfamily generating parsimonious hypotheses
related to the social organization.
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Agent-based model, Cercopithecinae, emergent patterns, social organization
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Dolado R, Beltran F S. Emergent patterns of social organization in captive Cercocebus torquatus: Testing the GrooFiWorld agent-based model. Journal of Biosciences. 2012 Sep; 37 (4): 777-784.