GIS technology is being incorporated into an examination of primate time budgets from a new perspective - maternal time budgets and their relation to space. This research is unique in two respects. First, maternal time budgets are examined with a unique captive population. These data, thus, contribute to the body of knowledge on maternal time budgets. Second, a new way in which one can think about these issues and a new use of GIS in primate research is being presented.

Specifically, the use of thematic mapping, Nearest Neighbor Analysis, measures of spatial autocorrelation, spatial correlation, and kernel density estimation is explored. In addition, a bootstrap bivariate test of equality to compare territorial use between individuals and between different behaviors is applied.