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9359966

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Adult male and female titi monkeys form an intense social bond characterized by high levels of affiliative interactions between pairmates and agonistic responses to strangers. In natural settings, separation between mates can vary from brief periods, as when mates drift apart during feeding, to permanent separation, occasioned by desertion or death. In this study we asked how different durations of separation altered the behavior of male and female titi monkeys (Callicebus moloch). We compared the effects of brief separation such as might occur incidentally during feeding (1-2 h) with prolonged separation such as might occur if one partner died or deserted (5 days). Effects were observed during a 30 min reunion of pairmates or during a 30 min encounter with a stranger of the opposite sex. Following brief separation, interactions between mates and between strangers clearly differed in measures of affiliation, but not in behaviors indicative of arousal. Following prolonged separation, measures of arousal increased with both mated pairs and strangers. Females tended to interact more readily with a stranger following prolonged separation than after brief separation, but interactions between mates were essentially unchanged and differed substantially from those between strangers. The data suggest that the pair bond persists in titi monkeys after prolonged social isolation, despite increased interest in interacting with potential new partners.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0275-2565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of duration of separation on responses to mates and strangers in the monogamous titi monkey (Callicebus moloch).
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate Group in Animal Behavior and California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't