Forest vertebrate fauna provide critical services, such as pollination and seed dispersal,
which underpin functional and resilient ecosystems. In turn, many of these fauna are …

Primate seed dispersal has been increasingly recognized as having a potentially profound
impact on tropical forest regeneration and plant species composition. Confirming and …

Recent studies suggest that variation in diet across time and space results in changes in the
mammalian gut microbiota. This variation may ultimately impact host ecology by altering …

Based on a bibliographical review, we examined the diets of howler monkeys to compile a
comprehensive overview of their food resources and document dietary diversity …

Habitat fragmentation and anthropogenic disturbances are of major concern to the
conservation of endangered species because of their potentially negative impact on animal …

Understanding how primates adjust their behavior in response to seasonality in both
continuous and fragmented forests is a fundamental challenge for primatologists and …

Forest fragmentation may lead to substantial declines in food availability for primary
consumers, especially presenting a challenge for frugivores, such as the Critically …

Primates display varying degrees of behavioral flexibility that allow them to adjust their diet
to temporal changes in food availability. This trait might be critical for the survival of …

Hormones have a key role in energy allocation, so their study allows understanding
individual metabolic strategies. Because different hormones convey different information on …

Background Frugivorous primates are known to encounter many problems to cope with
habitat degradation, due to the fluctuating spatial and temporal distribution of their food …