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Data from three populations of gelada baboons are used to generate a model of the species' socio-ecology that relates time budget requirements to group size, day journey length, and relevant environmental parameters. The model is used to examine the range of environmental conditions under which gelada could survive. This analysis indicates that a grazing primate like the gelada would run out of available time for foraging at just above and just below the altitudes at which they are now found. This suggests that, contrary to previous supposition, gelada were not driven into a retreat habitat by more competitive Papio baboons, but rather withdrew from lower altitude habitats because they could not survive under these conditions as the climate deteriorated during the Holocene. © 1992 Japan Monkey Centre.

Original publication

DOI

10.1007/BF02382763

Type

Journal article

Journal

Primates

Publication Date

01/01/1992

Volume

33

Pages

69 - 83