Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, California 92182-6040, USA.
Am J Primatol. 2010 Sep;72(10):848-54. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20798.
The island of Sulawesi is an ecologically diverse and anthropogenically complex region in the Indonesian archipelago; it is home to multiple macaque species and a key locus of human-nonhuman primate interconnections. Here, we review the ethnoprimatology of Sulawesi by exploring two primary domains of the human-macaque interface: overlapping resource use and cultural perceptions of macaques. Crop raiding is the primary form of overlapping resource use. While the raiding of cacao plantations predominates in Central and South Sulawesi, subsistence crops (e.g., sweet potato and maize) are most vulnerable on Buton, Southeast Sulawesi. Despite this overlap levels of conflict are generally low, with farmers showing considerable tolerance. This tolerance can be explained by positive perceptions of the macaques despite their crop raiding behavior, and the finding that in some areas macaques figure prominently in local folklore, hence affording them protection. These findings provide some hope for the future management and conservation of these endemic macaques.
苏拉威西岛是印度尼西亚群岛中一个生态多样化且人为活动复杂的地区；它是多种猕猴物种的家园，也是人类与非人类灵长类动物相互联系的关键地点。在这里，我们通过探索人类与猕猴界面的两个主要领域来回顾苏拉威西的民族灵长类学：资源重叠利用和对猕猴的文化认知。作物掠夺是资源重叠利用的主要形式。虽然在中苏拉威西和南苏拉威西，可可种植园的掠夺最为普遍，但在东南苏拉威西的布顿，生计作物（如甘薯和玉米）最为脆弱。尽管存在这种重叠，但冲突水平通常较低，农民表现出相当大的容忍度。这种容忍可以通过对猕猴的积极认知来解释，尽管它们有掠夺作物的行为，但在某些地区，猕猴在当地民间传说中占有重要地位，因此它们受到保护。这些发现为这些地方特有的猕猴的未来管理和保护提供了一些希望。
