LTREB: Female settlement patterns and social relationships in chimpanzees, a male-philopatric species

LTREB：黑猩猩（一种雄性亲亲动物）的雌性定居模式和社会关系

• 批准号: 1052693
• 负责人: Anne Pusey
• 金额: $ 33.99万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-15 至 2016-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1052693&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LTREB; Female; settlement; patterns; social

As humans? closest living relatives, chimpanzees have great relevance for understanding human behavioral biology. However, because of their long life-span, slow reproductive rate and great social complexity, many fundamental questions about wild chimpanzee biology remain unresolved. This project will support the continued collection of daily behavioral data in three social groups of wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, where they have been studied continuously since Jane Goodall began her work in 1960. The overarching goal of this long-term study is to understand the ecological and evolutionary determinants of the behavior of this remarkable species. Like many human societies, male chimpanzees remain for life in their natal group, forming close social bonds with relatives, while females typically emigrate and join new groups at social maturity, even in the face of competition from resident females. A particular goal of this project is to investigate why some females emigrate from their social group, where they settle in their new group?s territory, and how they compete with resident females for food and social status. The answers to these questions will illuminate the evolutionary determinants of competition and cooperation in chimpanzees and other species. The data will be added to a permanent digital database stored at Duke University and accessible over the web. Dissemination of the results of this project in the scientific and popular press, film documentaries, educational videos and widely visited websites will keep these iconic chimpanzees in the public eye worldwide, and will continue to draw young people (including women) into science and foster support for the conservation of this endangered species. The project will involve undergraduates from underrepresented groups, afford employment and education to Tanzanians and provide crucial information that will aid community conservation efforts around Gombe National Park.

作为人类？黑猩猩最亲近的亲戚，对于理解人类行为生物学具有很大的意义。但是，由于其长期寿命，生殖速度缓慢和巨大的社会复杂性，许多关于野生黑猩猩生物学的基本问题仍然无法解决。该项目将支持在坦桑尼亚戈姆贝国家公园的三个野生黑猩猩社会群体中继续收集日常行为数据，自从简·古德尔（Jane Goodall）于1960年开始工作以来，他们一直在不断研究。这项长期研究的总体目标是了解这种非凡物种的行为的生态和进化决定因素。像许多人类社会一样，男性黑猩猩在其出生群体中仍然存在着生命，与亲戚建立了密切的社会纽带，而女性通常会移民并在社会成熟中加入新群体，即使面对居民的竞争。 该项目的一个特殊目标是调查为什么有些女性从社会群体中移民到他们的新团体中，以及他们如何与居民女性竞争粮食和社会地位。这些问题的答案将阐明黑猩猩和其他物种中竞争与合作的进化决定因素。 数据将添加到杜克大学存储的永久数字数据库中，并可以通过网络访问。 在科学和受欢迎的媒体，电影纪录片，教育视频和广泛访问的网站中传播该项目的结果将使这些标志性的黑猩猩在全球的公众眼中，并将继续将年轻人（包括女性）吸引到科学上并培养支持为了保护这种濒危物种。该项目将涉及来自代表性不足的团体的大学生，为坦桑尼亚人提供就业和教育，并提供重要的信息，以帮助戈姆贝国家公园周围的社区保护工作。