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ANBI 148 PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (Upper level)
Jim Moore, University of California at San Diego


ANBI 148 PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (Upper level)

	Instructor: Jim Moore
	University of California at San Diego
	Anthropology Department
	9500 Gilman Ave
	La Jolla, CA 92093-0101
	USA
	E-mail: jjmoore@weber.ucsd.edu

BACKGROUND


This is the syllabus for my upper-division primate class. The course is 
usually juniors and seniors, generally starts out at about 30-35 and falls to 
about 15-18 not long after I hand out the syllabus. It is intended for people 
who are pretty seriously considering careers/grad school in primate and/or 
animal behavior related fields. Most of the students are majors in either 
biological anthropology (Anthro dept) or ecology, behavior & evolution (Bio 
dept). I try for a lot of discussion. There are too many readings, I'm 
slowly having to admit; the idea of having people read different articles 
and then pool knowledge is hard to implement. I will probably change 
that aspect greatly the next time.

Pre-requisites are the lower-division AN42, "Primates in Nature" and 
statistics, preferably biostat, is *highly* recommended. The course is in 
theory taught every other year (AN42 is every year). The zoo referred to is 
the San Diego Zoo.

THE LABS ARE:

1) video on behavioral research methods:
"Research methods for studying animal behavior in a zoo setting"
produced by the Minnesota & Washington Park Zoos.

2) go to zoo and try to answer question, are primates more vision-
oriented?, by recording colorful vs plain, head vs body and 
doing chi-square test (minimal instructions, and the wide variety 
of findings is the basis for discussion of how one defines terms, 
avoids bias, etc).

3) comparison of focal continuous, focal instantaneous, and 1/0 sampling 
in 2-person team comparison of grooming rates between howlers 
and macaques (we pool data and discuss how one decides about 
adequacy of sample sizes as well as more on methodological issues; 
also address adaptive interpretations of the differences seen).

4) cranial capacity and ecology in primates--in the lab students measure 
capacities of about 20+ monkey skulls (that Shirley Strum and I 
have found in the course of various fieldwork) using mustard 
seeds; we discuss variation in measurements (cf. SJ Gould's 
"Mismeasure of Man") and then do a variety of statistical tests 
on the pooled data (each student team measures each of about 
5 skulls 3-4 times and then pools the data).


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COURSE SYLLABUS

Spring 1995
ANBI 148 Primate Behavioral Ecology

Instructor: Jim Moore Office: H&SS 2064 
(534-5572; email: jjmoore@ucsd.edu)
Lectures: TTh 10:00 -- 11:20 in H&SS 1346
Labs: H&SS 2089, W & Th afternoons (exact times TBA)

Office hours: W @ 9:00, F @ 10:00 I may hold them at the Grove, 
in which case there'll be a note on my door--so NB if I 
don't answer my phone during office hours, it's probably 
because I'm there. Please don't hesitate to schedule 
additional/alternative times; email's the best way to 
reach me.

OVERVIEW: This course is a followup to AN42. In it, we will (1) go into 
greater theoretical and empirical depth than was possible in AN42; 
and (2) get some experience with the methods used to study 
primate socioecology. My starting assumption is that you are 
thoroughly familiar with the major elements of primate behavior, 
taxonomy and evolution, and are interested in really working to 
flesh this understanding out.

Labs: There will be a couple of required labs, lasting 2 hours each (the 
lab room will be available outside of scheduled hours to finish up on 
stuff, but I don't yet know when--stay tuned for announcements). 
The class will be split into 2 lab sections, and scheduled, at the 
first class. 

Zoo Project: There will be a required zoo research project. The 
purpose of this will be to get some experience designing and 
implementing behavioral research on primates and analyzing the 
results. I encourage you to work in teams of 2-4. You will have 
to choose your own topic and design the research, within a 
general constraint of focussing on assessment of "personality" in 
one or more species; I'll explain in class. Grading will cover all 
aspects of the project, including an oral presentation and paper 
(ca. 10-15 pp). You will need to get a pass to the zoo: a one-
quarter student research pass is $6; alternatively, you might 
want to purchase a student membership (<$20) or regular 
membership (ca$40), the only difference being that with the 
regular you get a subscription to ZooNooz and some other 
benefits; both give you unlimited entry for a year. You should plan 
on spending an average of at least 3 hours/week at the zoo.

READINGS (at Groundworks Bookstore):

Required:
Smuts, B. B., Cheney, D. L., Seyfarth, R. M., Struhsaker, T. T. & 
Wrangham, R. W. (1987). Primate Societies. Chicago: University 
of Chicago Press. This is probably the best single compendium 
of information on primates, and forms the core of our 
information. It is NOT written as a textbook; it is dense and you 
will need to be willing to look up the references it mentions if 
you are going to get the maximum out of it. Think of it as an 
excellent travel guide to the literature on primates--you could 
just read it & know lots about the field, but going there is much 
more satisfying in the long run. [RSS]

de Waal, F. B. M. (1989). Peacemaking Among Primates. Cambridge: 
Harvard University Press. Much primatology has focussed on 
aggression, status, power and the like (e.g., de Waal's earlier 
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes, which, btw, is 
excellent). In this one, de Waal looks at the flip side: how 
monkeys and apes avoid/regulate conflict; he also emphasizes 
interspecific differences in behaviour which will be a theme for 
the quarter. ["dW"]

Martin, P. & Bateson, P. (1986). Measuring Behaviour: and Introductory 
Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. This is an 
excellent guide to the methodological concepts underlying 
behavioral research. Read it, keep it, use it. ['M&B']

Assigned articles:
There are a number of articles assigned in the second 
half of the course. These are not on reserve; part of 
the fun is locating them and noticing interesting 
articles in the same volume & that sort of thing [NB: 
if this isn't your idea of fun, don't even think about 
grad school! <grin>]. Please do not check them out; I 
suggest you photocopy the ones you read. If you 
make a real effort to locate one and it is gone, see 
me.

Recommended book:

Krebs, J. & Davies, N. (1981 [or later editions]). An Introduction 
to Behavioral Ecology. Blackwell Scientific. This contains 
useful background information and will be invaluable if you 
feel uncertain about background concepts. It is available at 
the library or (usually) the bookstore.

GRADING -- There will be a total of 200 points possible in the 
course:
Midterm: 30
Labs 1-4: 70
(the labs vary in # pts)
Class participation
General 10
Assigned discussion 10
Zoo Project: 80
(60 on written report, 20 on oral 
presentation, both due at time scheduled 
for final exam. Attendance at the 
scheduled time is required; no exceptions).
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LECTURE, LAB & ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
[NB: You should read assignments BY the day indicated.]

The first half of the course will be a breakneck 
survey of primatology; there is a LOT OF READING to do.

Week 1 PART ONE: The Primates & the Issues

Lab #1: Observing behavior on TV (in H&SS 2089, 
scheduled times)
do Lab #2 (Color patterns) this week or next (at zoo, @ 
your convenience). 

1) T 4/4 Introduction to the course and to primates. 
Signup for USC forum 4/27

2) Th /6 Discussion of Lab #3
Primatology and behavioral ecology: basic problems 
and concepts
S: 1, 40; review taxonomy (Appendix); 
M&B: Summary & chaps 1, 2

Week 2
Lab #3: Observing primate behavior, in pairs @ zoo

3) T /11 Prosimians and paradigms
S: 2 & 3

4) Th /13 Discuss zoo project, start forming groups; 
discuss labs to date. 
Writeups of Lab #1 & #2 DUE
Monogamous New World Primates (NWP)
S: 4 & 5

Week 3
Lab #4: Morphology and the comparative method 
(in H&SS 2089)

5) T /18 Discussion of results from Labs #1 & #2; 
Lab #3 Part one data due
Howlers, spiders and socioecological comparisons
S: 6 & 7

6) Th /20 Zoo projects chosen and groups defined
Colobines and guenons: reproductive tactics
S: 8 & 9

Week 4
7) T /25 Writeup of Lab #3 DUE.
Multimale cercopithecines: distribution of genes 
and beneficence
S: 11, 24

8) Th /27 Discussion of labs to date
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SoCal Primate Research Forum - 2-8pm, at USC
Craig Stanford (chimpanzee hunting & 
early hominids)
Joe Manson (macaque female mate choice & 
social organization)
Lynne Fairbanks (maternal investment in vervets)
Richard Wrangham (phylogeny/ecology in evolution 
of hominoids)
Panel discussion of ethical issues
Buffet dinner 
[NB: this was a forum I encouraged
students to attend; about 5 did]
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Asian apes: territoriality 
S: 12, 13, 22 

Week 5
9) T 5/2 Writeup of Lab #4 DUE.
African apes: intrasexual relationships
S: 14 & 15

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PART DEUX: Current Problems in Primatology In the 
second half of the course we will focus in greater depth on 
specific issues; more emphasis on discussion. We'll move 
slower & deeper. Readings will involve locating journal 
articles at the library [I'll explain in class] in addition to the 
textbook readings. Individuals will be assigned responsibility 
for presenting summaries of these articles and leading 
discussion. Suggestion: Identify several key questions either 
explicit or implicit in each article, and hand these out to ad 
hoc groups who will formulate responses they can then defend 
to the class.

10) Th /4 Evolution of sociality: why live in groups? MIDTERM
S: 23 
A: Wrangham 1980 B: van Schaik 1983

Week 6
11) T /9 Evolution of sociality: Testing ideas
S: 19 
A: van Schaik 1989; van Schaik et al. 1983; 
Mitchell et al. 1991; Boesch 1991 
B: Gore 1993; Isbell et al. 1991; Pulliam 1973; 
Robbins et al. 1991; Strier 1989

12) Th /11 Relationships: what's it like in that group?
S: 25, 34
A: Kummer 1978; Bernstein et al. 1993; van Schaik 
& de Visser1990 
B: S: 26; Hauser & Harcourt 1992; Rowell et al. 1991


Week 7
13) T /16 Relationships: reproduction -- does dominance rank 
influence RS?
S: 30[skim], 31, 32
A: Cowlishaw & Dunbar 1991 
B: Barton & Simpson 1992 & other responses re C&D; 
Fedigan 1983

14) Th /18 Relationships: communication 
S: 36
A: Smuts & Watanabe 1990; de Waal 1989 
B: Cheney & Seyfarth 1990 [chapter 4]

Week 8
15) T /23 Relationships: manipulation and intelligence
S: 37, 38
A: Cheney et al. 1986 
B: de Waal 1992

16) Th /25 Relationships: Peacemaking
dW: chapters 1, 6
A: dW chapters 2, 3 B: dW chapters 4, 5

Week 9
17) T /30 Dispersal: once all that established, why ever leave it?
S: 21
A: Pusey 1987; Manson & Perry 1993 
B: Moore & Ali 1984; Moore 1993

18) Th 6/1 Personality: does demography affect basic attitude? 

A: Hausfater et al. 1987; Moore 1992a; Simpson & Datta 1990; 
Ray & Sapolsky 1992 
B: Shively et al. 1991; Clarke & Mason 1988; 
de Waal & Luttrell 1989; McGuire et al. 1994

Week 10
19) T /6 Case study: chimpanzee social organization
A: Wrangham 1979; Rodman 1991; Wrangham et al. 1992 
B: Kawanaka 1984; Moore 1992b; Collins & McGrew 1988

20) Th /8 Socioecology
A: Rowell 1979 B: Caldecott 1986; Moore1984



Wed. 6/14, 8-11am: "FINAL EXAM": 4th Congress, UCSD BioAnthro 
Primate Society -- presentations of your project findings. 
Each group will have a total of up to 10-15 minutes for 
presentation and questions/discussion. Written project 
reports DUE.
(Arrangements for coffee & pastry will be made, believe me...)

Misc Notes:
1) Your lab writeups should always include (1) an introduction describing 
the general problem being investigated and explaining why it's worth 
investigating ("because it was assigned and I want to pass" may be true, 
but come up with a better one, just for my sake <grin>); (2) presentation 
of what you did/found (for a couple, the questions are so boilerplate that 
it won't make sense elaborating this into separate methods and results 
sections; for others that would be the standard format); (3) some sort of 
discussion/conclusion (again, for longer papers those would be separate 
sections).

2) Your zoo project writeup should essentially follow the format of a 
written journal article--i.e., it should include the above sections, and 
should include appropriate references to published literature on the 
topic/species you work on. In other words, it is a research paper. For 
those of you who took AN 10 from me and still have your course packs, 
read the section in that on research papers. For those who didn't, 
if you have any question at all about research papers, come ask. If you 
don't, and then blow it on something & as a result go from an A to a C, 
well, can't say I didn't warn you!

3) There are few readings explicitly assigned from Martin & Bateson; it 
should be your guide to developing your research projects. You should at 
least skim through it early in the quarter so you know what's there, and 
then refer to it as you work. I will grade lab projects on the assumption 
you have had the material in that book.

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Boesch, C. (1991). The effects of leopard predation on grouping 
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Caldecott, J. O. (1986). Mating patterns, societies and the 
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Cheney, D. & Seyfarth, R. (1990). How Monkeys See the World. 
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Cheney, D. L., Seyfarth, R. M. & Smuts, B. (1986). Social relationships 
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Collins, D. A. & McGrew, W. C. (1988). Habitats of three groups of 
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Additional references on personality-related issues, not assigned, FYI.

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