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Foraging Profile, Activity Budget and Spatial Ecology of Exclusively Natural-Foraging Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

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Exploitation of anthropogenic foods has profound effects on various aspects of the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates. On the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, incentives to exploit novel resources are high and most local chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) feed on anthropogenic foods. Here we investigate the foraging profile, activity budget, and ranging behavior of a Peninsula group that feeds exclusively on natural foods. We predicted that the group would exploit the marine foods available to them and feed more extensively on subterranean foods, spend more time feeding and traveling, and occupy a larger area and travel further than groups that feed on anthropogenic foods, and groups elsewhere that occupy highly productive habitats. We tracked the group using handheld GPS units, and recorded behavioral data using instantaneous scan sampling in four seasons through 13 months. Our predictions were supported with the study group feeding on marine foods during all for seasons, but allocating a small percentage (<5%) of their total feeding time to exploiting these foods. Also, the group used a greater area (45.3 km2) and traveled further (5.9 km/day), and allocated more time to feeding and traveling, than previously studied groups on the Peninsula that exploit anthropogenic foods. These findings highlight behavioral variation in baboons associated with anthropogenic food use. Comparison of our results with those reported elsewhere should allow management authorities to more accurately predict changes in behavior of cercopithecoid monkeys as their access to anthropogenic foods is gradually restricted.

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  • 26 February 2018

    The original version of this article unfortunately contained two mistakes in captions in the “Activity Budgets” section. The relevant figure and table, with the correct captions (corrections underlined), are shown below.

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We thank the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for financial support provided through M. C. Lewis’s doctoral scholarships, and the University of Cape Town (UCT) for support provided through M. C. Lewis’s scholarships and M. J. O’Riain’s research funding. We thank South African National Parks staff for permission to conduct fieldwork in the Table Mountain National Park and for allowing us access to the animals. We extend our sincere thanks to Angela Amlin, Ingrid Böhme, Nelly Boyer, Ffion Cassidy, Alexandra Francis, Max Goldman, Nicole Herzog, Samuel Leslie, Lindsay Miller, Janae Nelson Raymond, Catherine Lewis, Lindsay Patterson, Melanie Payne, Christine Webb, and one other assistant for helping with data and sample collection. We are also grateful to Tali Hoffman for assistance with analysis of ranging data, and Ushma Galal, Katya Mauff, and Henning Winker for help with statistical analyses. Finally, we thank Jessica Rothman, Jo Setchell, and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.

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Lewis, M.C., O’Riain, M.J. Foraging Profile, Activity Budget and Spatial Ecology of Exclusively Natural-Foraging Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Int J Primatol 38, 751–779 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9978-5

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