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A free-ranging troop of Japanese monkeys was observed for seven years from April 1971 to March 1978 in the Hakone area, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. This troop was fed artificially between 1956 and 1977. The artificial food supply was reduced by about half after 1974. The troop-size fluctuated around 100 between 1971 and 1974, but fell drastically from 91 in 1975 to 58 in 1978. Population parameters were compared between the two periods of 1971–1974 and 1975–1977. Clear differences between the two periods were found in primiparous age, ratio of non-natal resident males to all resident males, ratio of newcomers to non-natal resident males, age-specific disappearance rate, and proportion of deserters observed in the study area. A correlation existed between the number of males and females of 5 or more years of age in the troop. The numbers in the three age-sex groups (natal males, non-natal males, and females of 5 or more years of age in the troop) were closely connected with one another. The scarcity of food supply may have caused not only males but also females to disperse. The drastic decrease in troop-size after 1974 could be based on the disappearance of adult females. The cause of the dispersal of young males and adult females could have been mutual competition among the troop members for food, and that in adult males could have been competition for females.
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Fukuda, F. Influence of artificial food supply on population parameters and dispersal in the Hakone T troop of Japanese macaques. Primates 29, 477–492 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381135
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