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Can phenology explain the scarcity of folivory in New World primates?
Article first published online: 17 OCT 2001
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1050
Copyright © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Heymann, E. W. (2001), Can phenology explain the scarcity of folivory in New World primates?. Am. J. Primatol., 55: 171–175. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1050
Publication History
- Issue published online: 17 OCT 2001
- Article first published online: 17 OCT 2001
- Manuscript Accepted: 30 JUL 2001
- Manuscript Received: 10 APR 2001
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Keywords:
- phenology;
- folivory;
- Alouatta;
- Brachyteles;
- Platyrrhini
Abstract
I evaluated the hypothesis that the scarcity of folivorous neotropical primate taxa is due to fruiting and leafing occurring in phase in the New World. I compiled phenological information from different primatological studies, and correlated patterns of fruiting and leafing. Contrary to the prediction of the hypothesis, at most sites there was no synchronization of fruiting and leafing. Thus, the scarcity of folivorous platyrrhine taxa can not be attributed to specific phenological patterns of the neotropics. Some potential alternative hypotheses are suggested. Am. J. Primatol. 55:171–175, 2001. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.