Adaptations of crop‐raiding baboons in Kenya
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 45 (2) , 309-315
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330450216
Abstract
A field study of baboon behavior as it relates to crop‐raiding was conducted on the Kenya Coast. The results proved useful for quantifying the distribution, movement, and other factors of their behavior. Such variables as troop organization, crop season, and the behavior of the farmers influence raiding behavior. Apparently diversionary activities of crop‐raiding baboons result from troop distribution along habitat margins between farms and forest and from baboon vigilance behavior.Keywords
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