Meat eating by nonhuman primates: a review and synthesis

DP Watts - Journal of human evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

Seed dispersal by primates in Asian habitats: from species, to communities, to conservation

KR McConkey - International Journal of Primatology, 2018 - Springer
Primates are among the most important seed dispersers in the habitats they occupy.
Understanding the extent of, and gaps in, our knowledge of seed dispersal by Asian …

Marked variation between winter and spring gut microbiota in free-ranging Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

B Sun, X Wang, S Bernstein, MA Huffman, DP Xia… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Variation in the availability and distribution of food resources is a strong selective pressure
on wild primates. We explored variation in Tibetan macaque gut microbiota composition …

The role of gut microbes in satisfying the nutritional demands of adult and juvenile wild, black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra)

KR Amato, SR Leigh, A Kent, RI Mackie… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In all mammals, growth, development, pregnancy, and lactation increase nutritional
demands. Although primate field studies tend to focus on shifts in activity and diet as …

Diet and feeding behavior of a group of high-altitude rhesus macaques: high adaptation to food shortages and seasonal fluctuations

K Zhang, F Karim, Z Jin, H Xiao, Y Yao, Q Ni… - Current …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Diet and feeding behavior data are crucial to a deep understanding of the behavioral
response and adaptation of primates to a high-altitude environment. From August 2019 to …

Effects of high-fiber food on gut microbiology and energy metabolism in Eothenomys miletus at different altitudes

W Zhang, T Jia, H Zhang, W Zhu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Intestinal microorganisms assist the host in digesting complex and difficultly decomposed
foods; expand the host's dietary ecological niche. In order to investigate the effect of high …

Dietary Flexibility and Feeding Strategies of Eulemur: A Comparison with Propithecus

H Sato, L Santini, ER Patel, M Campera… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Despite the great variety of habitats in Madagascar, Eulemur has successfully populated
most forested habitats on the island. Although the high dietary flexibility of Eulemur is often …

Sexual Experience Enhances Drosophila melanogaster Male Mating Behavior and Success

S Saleem, PH Ruggles, WK Abbott, GE Carney - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Competition for mates is a wide-spread phenomenon affecting individual reproductive
success. The ability of animals to adjust their behaviors in response to changing social …

Seasonal variation in diet and nutrition of the northern‐most population of Rhinopithecus roxellana

R Hou, S He, F Wu, CA Chapman… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is a great deal of spatial and temporal variation in the availability and nutritional
quality of foods eaten by animals, particularly in temperate regions where winter brings …

Status of urban populations of the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in West Sumatra, Indonesia

K Ilham, Rizaldi, J Nurdin, Y Tsuji - Primates, 2017 - Springer
We studied long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) populations in Padang, West
Sumatra, Indonesia, focusing on the effect of human provisioning on their demography and …