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Primates adjust movement strategies due to changing food availability

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  • Rafael Reyna-Hurtado
  • Julie A Teichroeb
  • Tyler R Bonnell
  • Raul Uriel Hernández-Sarabia
  • Sofia M Vickers
  • Juan Carlos Serio-Silva
  • Pascale Sicotte
  • Colin A Chapman
  • David StephensHandling editor

Abstract

In tropical forest, there are many types of food for primates but their availability is not always predictable. We followed 6 species of primates in the wild in 3 countries, Uganda, Ghana, and Mexico, to see if the way they move through the forest change when the food items availability changes also. We found that behavior is flexible and primates modify the way they search for food according to the spatial and temporal distribution of food.

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  • Rafael Reyna-Hurtado & Julie A Teichroeb & Tyler R Bonnell & Raul Uriel Hernández-Sarabia & Sofia M Vickers & Juan Carlos Serio-Silva & Pascale Sicotte & Colin A Chapman & David StephensHandling edit, 2018. "Primates adjust movement strategies due to changing food availability," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(2), pages 368-376.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:368-376.
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