Abstract
Primate field studies of the last decade have reported much information of relevance for understanding primate territoriality. This paper reviews some of that material, considering the primate use of home range and core areas, intertroop vocalizations, and the relevance of these concepts for the analysis of territorial behavior. Finally, several reports of field studies of territorial behavior are reviewed. The data reviewed suggests that there are territory-related spacing mechanisms operating in some primate species. However, territorial relations between primate groups are far from universal even among those species which do establish territories; the significance of territoriality will have to be understood as one of a number of ecological adaptations.
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Bates, B.C. Territorial behavior in primates: A review of recent field studies. Primates 11, 271–284 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01793893
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