% pubman genre = article @article{item_3396981, title = {{Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) habituate to anthropogenic pressure in a low-impact tourism area: Insights from a multi-method approach}}, author = {Hutschenreiter, Anja and Kalan, Ammie K. and Bonilla Moheno, Martha and Morales M{\'a}vil, Jorge E. and Mandujano, Salvador and Brise{\~n}o Jaramillo, Margarita and Spaan, Denise and Aureli, Filippo}, language = {eng}, issn = {0164-0291}, doi = {10.1007/s10764-022-00310-1}, publisher = {Kluwer}, address = {New York}, year = {2022}, date = {2022}, abstract = {{Shared habitats between humans and other animals are increasing in the twenty- {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}first century, which may require behavioral flexibility from animal species to adjust {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}to these new environments. We evaluated the effects of anthropogenic pressure on {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}Geoffroy{\textquoteright}s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in a low-impact tourism area. Over the {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}course of 18 months, we repeatedly assessed the presence of spider monkeys at 49 {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}sampling locations for a total of 98 hours of point-count sampling and 6,768 hours {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}of passive acoustic monitoring. Combining these data, we assessed the effects of {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}human settlements, recreational areas, forest loss, and anthropogenic noise on spi- {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}der monkey abundance using Royle{\textendash}Nichols models. We found positive associations {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}of various sources of anthropogenic pressure with spider monkey abundance. We {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}interpret the results as Geoffroy{\textasciiacute}s spider monkeys habituating to various sources {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}of anthropogenic pressure, and conclude that the species has the potential to live {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}in low-impacted habitats shared with humans, but that conservation efforts should {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}focus on evaluating the risk of human{\textendash}wildlife conflict emergence. By combining {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}our multi-method survey with Royle{\textendash}Nichols statistical models, we offer a flex- {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}ible approach to monitor primate populations with a high degree of fission{\textendash}fusion {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}dynamics, while controlling for heterogeneity in detection probability.}}, journal = {{International Journal of Primatology}}, volume = {43}, pages = {946--964}, }