title: Social roles in captive vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus).
abstract: Behavior clusters were identified through factor analysis of individual behavior profiles over time and across groups of different composition in a captive vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) colony. The six resulting factors were assessed through examination of (1) the behaviors contributing to each factor, (2) the properties of the factors across groups, and (3) the distribution of individuals along the factor dimensions. Three of the clusters were judged to represent the social roles of Control Male, Control Female, and Subordinate and the other three described the behaviors associated with the developmental stages of yearling (Playful-Protected), juvenile female (Infant focus) and juvenile male (Sex-Play).
authors.affiliation: Sepulueda Veterans Administration Hospital, Sepulueda, Calif. 91343, U.S.A.; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, U.S.A.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fairbanks
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Page