title: Emergent patterns of social organization in captive Cercocebus torquatus: testing the GrooFiWorld agent-based model.
abstract: We empirically applied the GrooFiWorld agent-based model (Puga-Gonzalez 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences Methods, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. ruth.dolado@ub.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dolado
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Beltran
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D016664:Cercocebus / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006120:Grooming; D012919:Social Behavior; D060756:Social Networking; D058992:Social Participation; D012944:Social Support