Mauritia flexuosa is a key ecological and economic palm found throughout tropical South
America. To inform improved management of M. flexuosa, we conducted a systematic review …

Mauritia flexuosa Lf is one of the more widely distributed neotropical palms and is
intensively used by humans. This palm can grow in tropical rainforests or can develop a …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Many living primates that feed on hard food have been observed to have thick-enameled
molars. Among platyrrhine primates, members of the tribe Pitheciini (Cacajao, Chiropotes …

We document patterns of fruit and vertebrate abundance within an extensive, virtually
undisturbed mosaic of seasonally flooded (várzea and igapó) and unflooded (terra firme) …

There is considerable variation in primate species richness across neotropical forest sites,
and the richest assemblages are found in western Amazonia. Forest type is an important …

To test the hypothesis that primate populations are limited by food resources, we studied the
feeding ecology of three cercopithecines and one colobine in a rain forest in central Gabon …

Abstract Pitheciines (Pithecia, Chiropotes, and Cacajao) are a specialized clade of
Neotropical seed predators that exhibit postcanine teeth with low and rounded cusps and …

Tropical forests are characterized by marked temporal and spatial variation in productivity,
and many primates face foraging problems associated with seasonal shifts in fruit …

Aim The central and western Amazonia underwent several landscape changes during the
Quaternary. Whereas the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis is traditionally used to explain the …