The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain: 60 Years of Primatological Research on the Japanese Macaques of Arashiyama

by Edited by Jean-Baptiste Leca , Michael A. Huffman , Paul L. Vasey

• ISBN13: 9780521761857
• ISBN10: 0521761859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Arashiyama group of Japanese macaques holds a distinguished place in primatology as one of the longest continuously studied non-human primate populations in the world. The resulting long-term data provide a unique resource for researchers, allowing them to move beyond cross-sectional studies to tackle larger issues involving individual, matrilineal and group histories. This book presents an overview of the scope and magnitude of research topics and management efforts that have been conducted on this population for several decades, covering not only the original troop living around Kyoto, Japan, but also the two subgroups that were translocated to Texas, USA and Montreal, Canada. The chapters encompass topics including life history, sexual, social and cultural behaviour and ecology, giving an insight into the range of current primatological research. The contributors underscore the historic value of the Arashiyama macaques and showcase new and significant research findings that highlight their continuing importance to primatology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Historical Perspectives

A brief historical timeline of research on the Arashiyama macaques Michael A. Huffman

In search of the phantom monkeys (originally published in 1975)

Arashiyama monkeys in the late 1950s

Touches of humanity in monkey society (originally published in 1980)

Fifty years of female macaque demography at Arashiyama, with special reference to long-lived females (>25 years) Alisa Chalmers

Sexual Behaviour

Long-term trends in the mating relationships of Japanese macaques at Arashiyama

Correlates between ovarian cycle phase and mating season behaviour in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Factors influencing mating frequency of male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at Arashiyama West

Costs and benefits of old age reproduction in the Arashiyama West female Japanese macaques

Is female homosexual behaviour in Japanese macaques really sexual?

Box essay. Male homosexual behaviour in Arashiyama

A theoretical model of the development and evolution of non-conceptive mounting behaviour in Japanese macaques

Male masturbation behaviour of Japanese macaques in Arashiyama E troop

Cultural Behaviour, Social Interactions, and Ecology

Thirty years of stone handling tradition in Arashiyama macaques: implications for cumulative culture and tool use in non-human primates

Social object play among juvenile Japanese macaques: comparison between the provisioned Arashiyama troop and the non-provisioned Kinkazan troop

Box essay. Play fighting in Japanese macaques: a comparative perspective

Box essay. Eye-covering play in Japanese macaques and orangutans

Behavioural sequences involved in grooming interactions in adult female Japanese macaques: how do participants change roles and maintain interactions?

Box essay. Dental flossing behaviour as a grooming-related innovation by a Japanese macaque

The impact of kinship, defence cost and priority of access on food competition in Japanese

Plant-food diet of the Arashiyama Japanese macaques and its potential medicinal value

Management and Education

Birth control in female Japanese macaques at Iwatayama

Importance of the Arashiyama Japanese macaques in science and environmental education

Appendix. Bibliography of publications on the Arashiyama macaques

Index

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