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3 - The influence of seasonality on primate diet and ranging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2009

By
Claire A. Hemingway  and
Nora Bynum
Edited by
Diane K. Brockman  and
Carel P. van Schaik
Claire A. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Botanical Society of America PO Box 299, St Louis MO 63166–0299 USA
Nora Bynum
Affiliation:
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York NY 10024 USA
Diane K. Brockman
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Carel P. van Schaik
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
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Introduction

To sustain animal populations, an adequate supply of consumable resources is essential. Effects of insufficient resources are well documented in primate populations in the form of reduced rates of fecundity, growth, and survival (Altmann et al. 1977; Hamilton 1985; Gould et al. 1999). Weight loss (Goldizen et al. 1988) and mortality peak during periods of low food availability on an annual (Milton 1980) or interannual basis (Foster 1982; Wright et al. 1999). Food availability relative to consumer requirements has been estimated as seasonally deficient in some (Smythe et al. 1982; Terborgh 1986; Janson & Emmons 1990) but not all (Coehlo et al. 1976) cases. Identifying food-limiting periods generally involves comparisons between estimates of food supply and animal requirements, which in turn require estimates of population density, biomass, energy intake, and metabolic rate. Field techniques measuring doubly labeled water (Nagy & Milton 1979; Williams et al. 1997) and products of fat metabolism in urine samples (Knott 1998) (see also Chapter 12) are highly informative in determining whether consumers are operating at a negative energy balance. The great majority of studies, however, rely on phenological monitoring to suggest periods of food scarcity for vertebrate consumers.

Phenological monitoring has revealed spatial and temporal variation in the availability of ripe fruits and young leaves in practically all forests studied (see reviews by van Schaik et al. [1993], [Fenner 1998], [Jordano [2000], and van Schaik & Pfannes [Chapter 2 of this book]).

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Seasonality in Primates
Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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