关键词: 猕猴, 种群增长, 调节, 群体结构, 生命表

Abstract: 　The rhesus monkey population dynamics and the life table of female rhesus were studied again with the observations of 16 years from 1978 to 1994 at Nanwan, Hainan.The results show that the population growth rate annually was 9.7% in 1965～1994, and that rate and birth rate seem to be decreasing since 1987. The proportions of immature members in the monkey group and their group size are declining now. The age-specific survival rate of 17 years old females are 0.58. The analysis results of standard survival and life span expectation suggested that their life span could reach 33 to 38 years of age. The survival curve belongs to typel or convex shape, and it indicated that the
mortality of infants was low and that of adults was high. This paper recognized that it is unsuitable to apply the static life table to study primates. The constant hazard function should be considered in establishing standard survival rate. The rhesu smonkeys are capable of keeping their population in balance by regulating survival and/or birth rate.

Key words: Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), Population growth, Regulation, Group composition, life table