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 …

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 …

Factors influencing riverine utilization patterns in two sympatric macaques

Y Otani, H Bernard, A Wong, J Tangah, A Tuuga… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Many species of terrestrial animals, including primates, live in varied association with the
aquatic (eg, riverine or coastal) environment. However, the benefits that each species …

[HTML][HTML] Shrimp farms, fire or palm oil? Changing causes of proboscis monkey habitat loss

T Toulec, S Lhota, H Soumarová, AKS Putera… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Proboscis monkeys, endemic to Borneo, inhabit the fastest-disappearing forest types within
the island. Previous studies described multiple causes of their habitat loss, with aquaculture …

Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar's primate communities

G Donati, L Santini, TM Eppley, SJ Arrigo-Nelson… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The uneven representation of frugivorous mammals and birds across tropical regions–high
in the New World, low in Madagascar and intermediate in Africa and Asia–represents a long …

Factors Affecting Leaf Selection by Foregut-fermenting Proboscis Monkeys: New Insight from in vitro Digestibility and Toughness of Leaves

I Matsuda, M Clauss, A Tuuga, J Sugau, G Hanya… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Free-living animals must make dietary choices in terms of chemical and physical properties,
depending on their digestive physiology and availability of food resources. Here we …

Species richness and distribution of primates in disturbed and converted forest landscapes in Northern Borneo

H Bernard, R Bili, I Matsuda, G Hanya… - Tropical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge of fundamental aspects of ecology such as species richness and distribution,
and the factors affecting them, is increasingly used to identify priority areas for conservation …

Inventorying medium-and large-sized mammals in the African lowland rainforest using camera trapping

Y Nakashima - Tropics, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
ABSTRACT I compiled a list of medium-and large-sized mammals (excluding Rodentia) in
Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. Additionally, I evaluated the efficiency of camera …

Asymmetric competition between sympatric endangered primates affects their population recovery

Y Chen, C Ma, L Yang, Z Guan, X Jiang, P Fan - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Species interactions including predation, competition, and parasitism, matter to species
conservation. Sympatric species can have a profound influence on the population recovery …

Using DNA metabarcoding and direct behavioural observations to identify the diet of proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) in the Kinabatangan Floodplain, Sabah

V Thiry, AF Boom, DJ Stark, OJ Hardy… - Plos One, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Characterizing the feeding ecology of threatened species is essential to establish
appropriate conservation strategies. We focused our study on the proboscis monkey …