Sowing forests: a synthesis of seed dispersal and predation by agoutis and their influence on plant communities

P Mittelman, CM Dracxler… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Granivorous rodents have been traditionally regarded as antagonistic seed predators.
Agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.), however, have also been recognized as mutualistic dispersers of …

Seed dispersal by howler monkeys: current knowledge, conservation implications, and future directions

V Arroyo-Rodríguez, E Andresen, SP Bravo… - … : Behavior, ecology, and …, 2015 - Springer
Primate seed dispersal has been increasingly recognized as having a potentially profound
impact on tropical forest regeneration and plant species composition. Confirming and …

[图书][B] Seasonally dry tropical forests: ecology and conservation

R Dirzo - 2011 - books.google.com
Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

Dental microwear texture and anthropoid diets

RS Scott, MF Teaford, PS Ungar - American Journal of Physical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dental microwear has long been used as evidence concerning the diets of extinct species.
Here, we present a comparative baseline series of dental microwear textures for a sample of …

Effect of preservation method on spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) fecal microbiota over 8 weeks

VL Hale, CL Tan, R Knight, KR Amato - Journal of microbiological methods, 2015 - Elsevier
Studies of the gut microbiome have become increasingly common with recent technological
advances. Gut microbes play an important role in human and animal health, and gut …

Earliest evidence of primate captivity and translocation supports gift diplomacy between Teotihuacan and the Maya

N Sugiyama, S Sugiyama, C Cagnato… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
A multimethod archaeometry study (zooarchaeological, isotopic, ancient DNA,
paleobotanical, and radiocarbon dating) of a spider monkey sacrificed in the ceremonial …

Diet of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda, 1. diet composition and diversity

DP Watts, KB Potts, JS Lwanga… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are ecologically flexible omnivores with broad diets
comprising many plant and animal foods, although they mostly eat fruit (including figs). Like …

Differences in diet between spider monkey groups living in forest fragments and continuous forest in Mexico

ÓM Chaves, KE Stoner, V Arroyo‐Rodríguez - Biotropica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Forest fragmentation can lead to reductions in food availability, especially for some large‐
bodied tropical mammals such as spider monkeys. During a 15\xE2\x80\x90mo period, we …

Seasonal Differences in Activity Patterns of Geoffroyi´s Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) Living in Continuous and Fragmented Forests in Southern Mexico

ÓM Chaves, KE Stoner, V Arroyo-Rodríguez - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Understanding how primates adjust their behavior in response to seasonality in both
continuous and fragmented forests is a fundamental challenge for primatologists and …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope enrichment in primate tissues

BE Crowley, ML Carter, SM Karpanty, AL Zihlman… - Oecologia, 2010 - Springer
Isotopic studies of wild primates have used a wide range of tissues to infer diet and model
the foraging ecologies of extinct species. The use of mismatched tissues for such …