Humanities Homework Help
HU Behavior & Welfare in Single & Mixed Species of Monkeys Article Analysis
Read the scientific journal article ” Living Together: Behavior and Welfare in Single and Mixed Species Groups of Capuchin (Cebus apella) and Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)” (attached in pdf version)
Then answer the following here as a file upload or text box submission. Your answers should be in your own words. They can either be numbered responses, or incorporated into a short essay. Lengthy quotations from the article are discouraged. However, your answers should be sufficiently detailed to make clear the scientific parameters and results of the study. Each question should be answered in around 200 words.
- Summarize the major goals of the study.
- What differences exist between Cebus apella and Saimiri scireus in the wild with regard to body size, locomotion, diet and group size? How do the two species interact in the wild?
- How long was the period of field observation?
- What sampling methods were used?
- What types of behaviors were the researchers especially interested in? Why were they interested in those behaviors?
- Summarize the results of the study.
- How are the study results relevant to the initial goals of the research?