Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review

M Shanahan, S So, SG Compton, R Corlett - Biological reviews, 2001‏ - cambridge.org
The consumption of figs (the fruit of Ficus spp.; Moraceae) by vertebrates is reviewed using
data from the literature, unpublished accounts and new field data from Borneo and Hong …

Primate conservation biology

G Cowlishaw, R Dunbar - 2021‏ - books.google.com
From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest
nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that …

An ecological model of female-bonded primate groups

RW Wrangham - Behaviour, 1980‏ - JSTOR
Previous analyses of the evolution of primate groups have typically examined the problem in
a different way, focussing on both sexes together rather than on females. The classical …

Why are diurnal primates living in groups?

CP Van Schaik - Behaviour, 1983‏ - JSTOR
What are the main selective forces that favoured the evolution of group living in non-human
primates? Three different answers have been sug-gested. ALEXANDER (1974) championed …

Primate ecology and social organization

TH Clutton‐Brock, PH Harvey - Journal of zoology, 1977‏ - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of body weight, group size, home range size, day range length, socionomic sex
ratio and sexual dimorphism are compared between 100 primate species, allocated to …

Interspecific allometry of population density in mammals and other animals: the independence of body mass and population energy-use

J Damuth - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1987‏ - academic.oup.com
Global regressions of ecological population densities on body mass for mammals and for
terrestrial animals as a whole show that local population energy-use is approximately …

Predicting group size in primates: foraging costs and predation risks

CH Janson, ML Goldsmith - Behavioral Ecology, 1995‏ - academic.oup.com
We present a direct test of the long-standing hypothesis that food competition limits primate
group size. Group size is a critical social variable because it constrains most other aspects of …

[کتاب][B] Primate behavioral ecology

KB Strier - 2016‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates

JL Gittleman - Oecologia, 1985‏ - Springer
Variation in body size (weight) is examined across the order Carnivora in relation to
taxonomy (phylogeny), latitude, habitat, zonation, activity cycle, diet, prey size, and prey …

Predation on primates: ecological patterns and evolutionary consequences

LA Isbell - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and …, 1994‏ - Wiley Online Library
It has long been thought that predation has had important ecological and evolutionary
effects on primates as prey. Predation has been theorized to have been a major selective …