Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
“Chimpanzees have suffered so much pain and trauma at the hands of humans... yet they still have the grace to forgive us.”—Sheila Siddle (founder of the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage).
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study System and Subjects
2.2. Data Collection and Operational Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Party Size
3.2. Proximity
3.3. Grooming
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Behavioural Measure | SNA Metric | Sanctuary-Born | Wild-Born | p-Value |
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Proximity | Strength | 0.77 ± 0.26 | 0.78 ± 0.25 | 0.96 |
Eigenvector centrality | 0.18 ± 0.09 | 0.19 ± 0.07 | 0.99 | |
Reach | 0.67 ± 0.28 | 0.66 ± 0.27 | 0.78 | |
Clustering coefficient | 0.14 ± 0.13 | 0.14 ± 0.08 | 0.21 | |
Affinity | 0.85 ± 0.10 | 0.84 ± 0.13 | 0.11 | |
Grooming | Strength | 0.15 ± 0.10 | 0.21 ± 0.11 | 0.48 |
Eigenvector centrality | 0.11 ± 0.16 | 0.15 ± 0.16 | 0.07 | |
Reach | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.05 ± 0.03 | 0.80 | |
Clustering coefficient | 0.07 ± 0.10 | 0.10 ± 0.10 | 0.51 | |
Affinity | 0.23 ± 0.09 | 0.22 ± 0.07 | 0.09 |
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van Leeuwen, E.J.C.; Bruinstroop, B.M.C.; Haun, D.B.M. Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animals 2023, 13, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049
van Leeuwen EJC, Bruinstroop BMC, Haun DBM. Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animals. 2023; 13(1):49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049
Chicago/Turabian Stylevan Leeuwen, Edwin J. C., Bernadette M. C. Bruinstroop, and Daniel B. M. Haun. 2023. "Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)" Animals 13, no. 1: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049
APA Stylevan Leeuwen, E. J. C., Bruinstroop, B. M. C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2023). Early Trauma Leaves No Social Signature in Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animals, 13(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010049