This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075), provides $329,849 to San Diego State University Research Foundation to study factors affecting foraging and provisioning decisions in rapidly changing landscapes. The research will examine how human-modified habitats shape macaque behavior in agricultural intensification contexts and people's motivations for interacting with macaques. It will also develop novel statistical methods for analyzing social networks and behavior. To achieve these objectives, the project team will collect longitudinal data on macaque social behaviors, human-macaque interactions, and forest food availability, as well as conduct ethnographic interviews. The research aims to advance understanding of collective decision-making, primate adaptation to anthropogenic pressures, and drivers of human-wildlife interactions.
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