Unpublished conference/Abstract (Scientific congresses and symposiums)
Ecological impact of the opportunist northern pigtailed macaques (Macaca leonina) in degraded environments: Ranging pattern, seed dispersal and predatory behavior in Central Thailand
[en] Deforestation and fragmentation have become the most important threats for biodiversity due to both plant and animal dispersal movement limitation impacting seed dispersal and prey-predator interactions. Through the study of the adaptive and opportunistic northern pigtailed macaque (Macaca leonina), this PhD aims to assess how fragmentation affects the macaques’ habitat use, seed dispersal and predatory behavior in a highly fragmented and degraded environment (Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Central Thailand). Investigating the ranging pattern and feeding behavior of this macaque, acknowledged as an effective seed disperser, in a disturbed environment, will provide a concrete example of potential forest regeneration by a natural agent. Moreover, as this is a very efficient passerine nest predator, the study of its ranging behavior will allow assessing the extent of a generalist predator efficiency in a fragmented environment.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Gazagne, Eva ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Form. doct. sc. (biol. orga. & écol. - paysage)
Language :
English
Title :
Ecological impact of the opportunist northern pigtailed macaques (Macaca leonina) in degraded environments: Ranging pattern, seed dispersal and predatory behavior in Central Thailand
Alternative titles :
[fr] Impact écologique du macaque à queue de cochon (Macaca leonina) dans un environnement dégradé : Domaine vital, dispersion de graine et comportement de prédation en Thaïlande centrale
Publication date :
01 December 2015
Event name :
Belgian Group for Primatology
Event organizer :
Primatology Research Group (ULg) and Groupe de Contact FNRS Primatologie