@article{ref1,
title="Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster",
journal="Current biology",
year="2021",
author="Testard, Camille and Larson, Sam M. and Watowich, Marina M. and Kaplinsky, Cassandre H. and Bernau, Antonia and Faulder, Matthew and Marshall, Harry H. and Lehmann, Julia and Ruiz-Lambides, Angelina and Higham, James P. and Montague, Michael J. and Snyder-Mackler, Noah and Platt, Michael L. and Brent, Lauren J. N.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and droughts. Understanding resilience and vulnerability to these intense stressors and their aftermath could reveal adaptations to extreme environmental change. In 2017, Puerto Rico suffered its worst natural disaster, Hurricane Maria, which left 3,000 dead and provoked a mental health crisis. Cayo Santiago island, home to a population of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), was devastated by the same storm. We compared social networks of two groups of macaques before and after the hurricane and found an increase in affiliative social connections, driven largely by monkeys most socially isolated before Hurricane Maria. Further analysis revealed monkeys invested in building new relationships rather than strengthening existing ones. Social adaptations to environmental instability might predispose rhesus macaques to success in rapidly changing anthropogenic environments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0960-9822",
doi="10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.029"
}