Primate Ranging and Reproduction Behavio

Question 1

Home Range

Answer 1

Area covered by a species in pursuit of its routine activities over the course of a year

Question 2

Core area

Answer 2

Part of a groups home range used more frequently. Contains major resources e.g. sleeping trees, water, food

Question 3

Territory

Answer 3

All of the group’s home range is actively defended, social group has exclusive use of the range. A core area is not territory

Question 4

Ranging affected by…

Answer 4

Habitat and feeding ecology

Question 5

Day ranges for primates living in different biomes

Answer 5

Forests don’t need as much space to find food resources

Savannas need more space to find food resources

Question 6

Ranging and Reproduction: Chimps

Answer 6

Sometimes chimp males go on patrol looking for other chimps to fight and to protect territory, females stay in the center with babies unless looking for mates
If females are looking for mates they wander in a larger range to mate with as many mates as possible