J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (4): 64-69.

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Primate Habituation
—— A case study on Trachypit hecus phayrei

  

  1. 1.Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry College, Kunming 650224, China;
    2. Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali ,Yunnan 671000, China;
    3. College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha 410004, China
  • Received:2010-03-16 Online:2010-04-15 Published:2010-04-15

Abstract:

Wild animal habituation is important for behavior ecological studies. Provision may facility habituation, but it may
changes the behavior of wild animal and bias data collected. We habituated Trachypit hecus phayrei at Gaoligong National Nature Reserve between Dec. 2008 and Dec. 2009 by direct follow. This study was aiming to understand how to habituated primates in a habitat which was highly disturbed by human. During the study period, mean following time was increased from 0.05 hour to 9 hour and mean following distance was decreased from 54 m to 15 m. Our result showed that it is possible to habituated primate in a short period even in a high disturbed habitat when the habituated method is appropriate.

Key words: Trachypit hecus phayrei , Habituation, mean following time, mean following distance

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