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Title: Nest location preferences in zoo-housed orangutans
Author(s): Bastian, Meredith L
Glendinning, David R
Reddy, Alexandra J
Herrelko, Elizabeth S
Brown, Melba
Renner, Elizabeth
Thompson, Laurie
Contact Email: elizabeth.renner@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Orangutan
Pongo
Nesting behavior
Nearest neighbor
Issue Date: 31-Oct-2018
Date Deposited: 3-Aug-2018
Citation: Bastian ML, Glendinning DR, Reddy AJ, Herrelko ES, Brown M, Renner E & Thompson L (2018) Nest location preferences in zoo-housed orangutans. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 207, pp. 123-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2018.06.009
Abstract: Nest building is an advanced and complex activity that wild orangutans engage in, yet they do so on a daily basis and with potential safety consequences. Like their wild counterparts, zoo-housed orangutans also make nests when given adequate materials, yet comparatively little research has documented the nesting habits of captive orangutans, including potential social and environmental influences of nest site selections. We documented the night nesting behavior of six adult orangutans housed at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park (NZP), identifying preferred nest locations and proximity to conspecifics, comparing observed patterns to those reported in a nest behavior survey of orangutan facilities throughout the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Survey results reveal that in addition to several universal patterns of nesting behaviors, as in the wild, the sharing of night nests by captive adult orangutans occurs only rarely (2 of 31 surveyed facilities). Data collected at NZP indicate that night nearest neighbor associations among nesting conspecifics may be a useful proxy for actual nearest neighbor data taken during daytime social interactions and may offer a more feasible alternative for determining social relationships among large groups of socially housed orangutans.
DOI Link: 10.1016/j.applanim.2018.06.009
Rights: This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. Accepted refereed manuscript of: Renner E & Thompson L (2018) Nest location preferences in zoo-housed orangutans, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 207, pp. 123-128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2018.06.009 © 2018, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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