Dissertation Research: A Study of the Reproductive Biology of the Black-Handed Spider Monkey (Ateles Geoffroyi): Integrating Behavior and Endocrinology

论文研究：黑手蜘蛛猴（Ateles Geoffroyi）的生殖生物学研究：行为与内分泌学的整合

• 批准号: 9711161
• 负责人: Katharine Milton
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-15 至 1998-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9711161&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Study; Reproductive; Biology

Little is known about the reproductive biology of spider monkeys (Ateles spp.) even though they are a well known and endangered primate. One of the difficulties faced by researchers is that spider monkey females lack an obvious visual signal of ovulation, making it difficult to identify stages in a female's reproductive cycle. Advances in laboratory techniques now enable researchers to extract hormones from the feces of animals, providing a non-invasive method to investigate the reproductive status of wild animals. I propose to study the reproductive biology of spider monkeys (A. geoffroyi) using a combination of hormonal and behavioral data. A preliminary study will measure hormones in urine and feces in a captive group (San Diego Zoo) to refine the techniques that will be used in the field component of this research project. During the one year field study, fecal samples as well as behavioral and ecological data will be collected from A. geoffroyi on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Results from this study will provide: 1) the first systematic study of the ovulatory cycle of spider monkey females, 2) information concerning possible environmental effects on reproduction in this species, and 3) the first test of the presence of estrus in female spider monkeys.

即使蜘蛛猴的生殖生物学（Ateles spp。）知之甚少，即使它们是一种众所周知且濒临灭绝的灵长类动物。 研究人员面临的困难之一是蜘蛛猴女性缺乏明显的排卵视觉信号，因此很难在女性的生殖周期中识别阶段。 现在，实验室技术的进步使研究人员能够从动物的粪便中提取激素，从而提供了一种非侵入性方法来研究野生动物的生殖状态。 我建议使用荷尔蒙和行为数据的组合研究蜘蛛猴（A. Geoffroyi）的生殖生物学。 一项初步研究将测量尿液中的尿液中的激素和粪便中的粪便（圣地亚哥动物园），以完善该研究项目现场成分中使用的技术。 在一年的现场研究中，将从巴拿马巴罗科罗拉多岛的A. Geoffroyi收集粪便样本以及行为和生态数据。 这项研究的结果将提供：1）蜘蛛猴雌性排卵周期的首次系统研究，2）有关该物种繁殖可能影响的信息，以及3）第一次测试雌性蜘蛛猴中雌激素的存在。