ISSN:
0032-8332
Keywords:
Diet
;
Dietary variability
;
Foraging
;
Food
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Dietary variability among primates is examined based on a review of 46 long-term studies of wild populations. Results suggest that primates do not consistently combine the same kinds of foods in their diets, as many past categorizations would suggest, but rather, that they often switch between diet categories (e.g., fruit, insects, etc.). Dietary variability, as quantified in our review, did not appear to be constrained by phylogeny or to differ between species placed in different diet categories (e.g., frugivores, insectivores, etc.). In addition, dietary variability was not related to body size, habitat productivity, seasonality, population density, or the number of sympatric primate species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02381035
