Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator)
Terrestrial mammals exploiting coastal resources must cope with the challenge that resource availability and accessibility fluctuate with tidal cycles. Tool use can improve foraging efficiency and provide access to structurally protected resources that are otherwise unavailable (e.g. molluscs and fr...
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| author | Zoë Goldsborough Margaret C. Crofoot Shauhin E. Alavi Evelyn Del Rosario-Vargas Sylvia F. Garza Kate Tiedeman Brendan J. Barrett |
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| description | Terrestrial mammals exploiting coastal resources must cope with the challenge that resource availability and accessibility fluctuate with tidal cycles. Tool use can improve foraging efficiency and provide access to structurally protected resources that are otherwise unavailable (e.g. molluscs and fruits). To understand how variable accessibility of valuable resources shapes behavioural patterns, and whether tool use aids in the efficient exploitation of intertidal resources, we compared the relationship between tidal cycles and activity patterns of tool-using versus non-tool-using groups of white-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, Panama. Although tool use on Jicarón is localized to a small stretch of coast (approx. 1 km), all coastal groups forage on intertidal resources. Using more than 5 years of camera trap data at varying distances from the coast, we found that capuchins on Jicarón showed increased coastal activity during specific parts of the tidal cycle, and that this relationship differed between tool-using and non-tool-using groups, as well as between seasons. Activity patterns of tool-using capuchins were more strongly and consistently tied to tidal cycles compared with non-tool-users, indicating that tool use might allow for more efficient exploitation of tidal resources. Our findings highlight the potential of tool use to aid niche expansion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e036bb8fdc44030b3f3e6f7e5dd8e332024-02-14T08:57:16ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032023-09-0110910.1098/rsos.230355Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator)Zoë Goldsborough0Margaret C. Crofoot1Shauhin E. Alavi2Evelyn Del Rosario-Vargas3Sylvia F. Garza4Kate Tiedeman5Brendan J. Barrett6Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanyDepartment for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanyDepartment for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanySmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, PanamaDepartment for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanyDepartment for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanyDepartment for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, GermanyTerrestrial mammals exploiting coastal resources must cope with the challenge that resource availability and accessibility fluctuate with tidal cycles. Tool use can improve foraging efficiency and provide access to structurally protected resources that are otherwise unavailable (e.g. molluscs and fruits). To understand how variable accessibility of valuable resources shapes behavioural patterns, and whether tool use aids in the efficient exploitation of intertidal resources, we compared the relationship between tidal cycles and activity patterns of tool-using versus non-tool-using groups of white-faced capuchin monkeys on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park, Panama. Although tool use on Jicarón is localized to a small stretch of coast (approx. 1 km), all coastal groups forage on intertidal resources. Using more than 5 years of camera trap data at varying distances from the coast, we found that capuchins on Jicarón showed increased coastal activity during specific parts of the tidal cycle, and that this relationship differed between tool-using and non-tool-using groups, as well as between seasons. Activity patterns of tool-using capuchins were more strongly and consistently tied to tidal cycles compared with non-tool-users, indicating that tool use might allow for more efficient exploitation of tidal resources. Our findings highlight the potential of tool use to aid niche expansion.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230355tool usetidal cyclesforagingactivity patternsislands |
| spellingShingle | Zoë Goldsborough Margaret C. Crofoot Shauhin E. Alavi Evelyn Del Rosario-Vargas Sylvia F. Garza Kate Tiedeman Brendan J. Barrett Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) Royal Society Open Science tool use tidal cycles foraging activity patterns islands |
| title | Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) |
| title_full | Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) |
| title_fullStr | Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) |
| title_short | Coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool-using capuchins (Cebus capucinus imitator) |
| title_sort | coupling of coastal activity with tidal cycles is stronger in tool using capuchins cebus capucinus imitator |
| topic | tool use tidal cycles foraging activity patterns islands |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230355 |
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