Emergent patterns of social organization in captive Cercocebus torquatus: Testing the GrooFiWorld agent-based model.

ABSTRACT

We empirically applied the GrooFiWorld agent-based model (Puga-González et al. 2009) in a group of captive redcapped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus). We analysed several measurements related to aggression and affiliative patterns. The group adopted a combination of despotic and egalitarian behaviours resulting from the behavioural flexibility observed in the Cercopithecinae subfamily. Our study also demonstrates that the GrooFiWorld agent-based model can be extended to other members of the Cercopithecinae subfamily generating parsimonious hypotheses related to the social organization.