%0 Journal Article
%A Hutschenreiter, Anja
%A Kalan, Ammie K.
%A Bonilla Moheno, Martha
%A Morales Mávil, Jorge E.
%A Mandujano, Salvador
%A Briseño Jaramillo, Margarita
%A Spaan, Denise
%A Aureli, Filippo
%+ Chimpanzees, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Great Ape Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) habituate to anthropogenic pressure in a low-impact tourism area: Insights from a multi-method approach  : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-C8EC-B
%R 10.1007/s10764-022-00310-1
%7 2022-07-15
%D 2022
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Shared habitats between humans and other animals are increasing in the twenty-
<br><br>first century, which may require behavioral flexibility from animal species to adjust 
<br><br>to these new environments. We evaluated the effects of anthropogenic pressure on 
<br><br>Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in a low-impact tourism area. Over the 
<br><br>course of 18 months, we repeatedly assessed the presence of spider monkeys at 49 
<br><br>sampling locations for a total of 98 hours of point-count sampling and 6,768 hours 
<br><br>of passive acoustic monitoring. Combining these data, we assessed the effects of 
<br><br>human settlements, recreational areas, forest loss, and anthropogenic noise on spi-
<br><br>der monkey abundance using Royle–Nichols models. We found positive associations 
<br><br>of various sources of anthropogenic pressure with spider monkey abundance. We 
<br><br>interpret the results as Geoffroy´s spider monkeys habituating to various sources 
<br><br>of anthropogenic pressure, and conclude that the species has the potential to live 
<br><br>in low-impacted habitats shared with humans, but that conservation efforts should 
<br><br>focus on evaluating the risk of human–wildlife conflict emergence. By combining 
<br><br>our multi-method survey with Royle–Nichols statistical models, we offer a flex-
<br><br>ible approach to monitor primate populations with a high degree of fission–fusion 
<br><br>dynamics, while controlling for heterogeneity in detection probability.
%K shared habitats ;  human-modified landscapes ;  passive acoustic 
monitoring ; Royle–Nichols models ; spatial-scale effects ; anthropogenic noise
%J International Journal of Primatology
%V 43
%& 946
%P 946 - 964
%I Kluwer 
%C New York
%@ 0164-0291