The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Among primates, intense paternal care is manifested in only a few distantly related species,
including humans. Thus, neither purely phylogenetic nor socioecological hypotheses can …

Time constraints can limit an animal's potential to survive in a given habitat and the
maximum size of its group. Many studies have, therefore, investigated the ecological …

Primates show activity patterns ranging from nocturnality to diurnality, with a few species
showing activity both during day and night. Among anthropoids (monkeys, apes and …

Platyrrhines face a vast array of potential food resources in the Neotropics. Ecological
challenges associated with finding, ingesting, masticating, and digesting foods are …

Primates, like other mammals, exhibit an annual reproductive pattern that ranges from strictly
seasonal breeding to giving birth in all months of the year, but factors mediating this …

Non-primate mammalian activity cycles are highly variable across and within taxonomic
groups. In contrast, the order Primates has historically been recognized as displaying a …

Although most South American owl monkeys are mainly nocturnal, Aotus azarai azarai of the
Argentinean Chaco regularly shows diurnal activity. In this study we examined the strong …

Natural selection will favor male care when males have limited alternative mating
opportunities, can invest in their own offspring, and when care enhances males' fitness …

The global change in land use toward agroecosystems is one of the major drivers of habitat
loss and fragmentation. Although simplified agroecosystems such as pastures generally …