Colony and Ethological Dynamics Assessment of Macaca mulatta in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan

Dauda TO^1,2*, Shahrul AMS¹, Taimur¹ and Karimullah K¹

¹School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Penang, Malaysia

²Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Nigeria

*Corresponding Author : Dauda TO, TWAS-USM Post-Doctoral Fellowship
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau, Penang, 11800, Malaysia
Email: taofikdaud@usm.my

Received date: August 23, 2019; Accepted date: September 17, 2019; Published date: September 24, 2019

Citation: Dauda TO, Shahrul AMS, Taimur, Karimullah K (2019) Colony and Ethological Dynamics Assessment of Macaca mulatta in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan. J Biodivers Manage Forestry 8:3. doi: 10.37532/jbmf.2019.8(3).216

Monkey ethology involve 4 main branches; evolutionary history, development, stimulus control and adaptive function which areprone to changes due to variation from the sources. This assessment was undertaken to investigate free range monkeys ’ ethology and design/develop a model behavioral changes pattern using Macaca mulatta ’ s data collected between June and October 2013 at Ayubia National Park (latitude 34° 00' 48" and 34° 06' 23" N; longitude 73° 22' 54" and 73° 27' 15"), Pakistan. Group size and behavioural data were obtained through survey and scan sampling and analysed using descriptive, non-parametric statistics and auto-regression model analysis. The auto regressive model produced the residual sum of 1.18 × 10-15 indicating a very high level of predictability and an apparent dynamic nature of the rhesus monkey grouping.