Katie S. Heffernan, K. Samonds, L. Godfrey, Jean‐Luc Raharison, J. Ranaivoarisoa, M. Irwin
{"title":"Diademed sifakas (Propithecus diadema) in intact and degraded forest habitat at Tsinjoarivo, Madagascar, show high reproductive success and no evidence that dental senescence or rainfall affects reproductive output","authors":"Katie S. Heffernan, K. Samonds, L. Godfrey, Jean‐Luc Raharison, J. Ranaivoarisoa, M. Irwin","doi":"10.1163/14219980-20210403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-20210403","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Sifakas (genus Propithecus) diverge from other lemurs in their strategy to contend with Madagascar’s highly seasonal climate and maximize reproductive success: they have long lifetimes (presumably to wait out unfavorable times) and extreme dental precocity (to allow weanlings to effectively process tough foods and thereby relieve energetic stress on mothers). However, as sifakas age, dental senescence can contribute to reproductive failure, especially when coupled with unfavorable weather conditions (as shown by King et al., 2005 for P. edwardsi at Ranomafana). To extend the effective life of the teeth, compensatory blades maintain functionality for the female sifaka, but wear may eventually have consequences on infant survival in certain climatic scenarios. We investigate the impacts of climate, age, and dental senescence on the reproduction of another sifaka, Propithecus diadema, in fragmented and intact habitats of Tsinjoarivo, Madagascar. We documented birth and infant survival between 2002 and 2017 across twelve groups, including 73 births, and we used 77 dental casts representing 54 adults to estimate age when exact age was not known. We report that sifakas in Tsinjoarivo do not conform to the expectations that link advanced age with dental and reproductive senescence. Propithecus diadema at Tsinjoarivo show slower tooth wear, higher reproductive output and higher infant survival compared to congeners. Likelihood of birth and infant mortality do not correlate with intrinsic (mother’s age, tooth wear) or extrinsic (rainfall or habitat type) stressors. However, the small number of years without births or with infant deaths limits statistical power. At the local level, this study suggests that the long-term viability of Propithecus diadema at Tsinjoarivo is promising and reproductive output is high, even in disturbed fragments where nutrient intakes are reduced. Further research is needed to contextualize and understand these differences among sites and regions within Madagascar and avoid over-generalizing from single study sites.","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48168995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Azhari Akbar, Rizaldi, D. Perwitasari-Farajallah, Yamato Tsuji
{"title":"Effects of food availability and its seasonal changes on the dietary habits of wild silvery lutungs (Trachypithecus cristatus) in a coastal forest in west Sumatra, Indonesia","authors":"Muhammad Azhari Akbar, Rizaldi, D. Perwitasari-Farajallah, Yamato Tsuji","doi":"10.1163/14219980-20210703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-20210703","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The dietary composition of primates is often affected by the availability of food, as well as seasonal variations within their habitat. This study presents quantitative data on the feeding behavior of wild silvery lutungs (Trachypithecus cristatus) inhabiting a coastal forest in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This research emphasizes the relationship between food availability and the way this changes by season. Feeding strategies of these primates was also examined. Feeding behavior of a group of wild silvery lutungs was observed for 12 months from August 2018 to July 2019, with a total observation time of 482 hours. We recorded 74 items from 37 different plant species that were included in the lutungs’ diet. Nineteen out of 37 plant species comprised > 1% of the lutung’s annual diet. They can therefore be considered the main plant food sources for the lutungs. The lutungs mainly fed on young leaves (68.3%). However, during certain months, both ripe and unripe fruit formed a major part of their diet. Plant part-based analyses showed a negative correlation between the availability of young leaves and ripe fruit feeding. Plant species-based analyses revealed few significant positive relationships between the feeding percentages of the main dietary items (mainly young leaves) and their availability. This implies that young leaves and ripe fruit were both the preferred and the fallback foods. This also indicates that lutung activity, ranging patterns, and activity at the study site are affected mainly by food distribution and availability. Further research is needed to increase the understanding of Asian colobine feeding strategies, feeding patterns, and food resource characteristics.","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42734912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of lemur seed dispersal in restoring degraded forest ecosystems in Madagascar","authors":"K. Steffens, J. Sanamo, J. Razafitsalama","doi":"10.1163/14219980-20210801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-20210801","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Anthropogenic disturbances lead to the degradation or destruction of tropical forests, with negative consequences for flora, fauna, and local people. Restoration plantings may compensate these impacts, but time and financial expenditures are high. Thus, priority is often given to plantations of a few introduced species that have little value for conservation. Animal seed dispersal may diversify and accelerate regeneration of restoration plantings, thereby lowering their costs. We studied seed dispersal quantity and quality of crowned lemurs (Eulemur coronatus) in a highly degraded forest in northern Madagascar, conducting behavioural observations and germination experiments and describing dispersed plant species’ characteristics. Crowned lemurs were highly frugivorous, dispersing a large number of seeds and plant species. While there were negative effects of gut passage on germination, the positive effects of pulp removal outweighed these, resulting in an overall positive effect on regeneration. Our study confirmed that effects of gut passage are dependent on the dispersed plant species. We found 20 plant species, including three threatened with extinction, whose only dispersers in Oronjia seem to be crowned lemurs. We conclude that lemurs play important roles in protecting plant species and maintaining healthy ecosystems through seed dispersal, and that E. coronatus is a key species in this respect. In addition, if lemurs were included in restoration, they would disperse a diversity of plant species that cannot be matched by conventional restoration plantings. Their influence would facilitate the regeneration of some, but not all plant species. Negative effects, like the spread of invasive species through seed dispersal by lemurs, must also be considered.","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48887165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca L. Smith, Kelly Rebergen, Carter J. Payne, Epaminondas Megapanos, D. Lusseau
{"title":"Dietary plasticity of a understudied primate (Sapajus cay) in a biodiversity hotspot: applying ecological traits to habitat conservation in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest","authors":"Rebecca L. Smith, Kelly Rebergen, Carter J. Payne, Epaminondas Megapanos, D. Lusseau","doi":"10.1163/14219980-20210407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-20210407","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000One of the main threats to wild primates is habitat alteration, fragmentation and destruction. Therefore it is crucial to understand the ability of those species to adapt to human-induced habitat changes to prevent extirpation. Key to this is a species diet plasticity. In Paraguay over 91% of the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest has been destroyed to expand agricultural land. We determined the diet composition of three Sapajus cay groups in degraded and near-pristine Atlantic Forest in eastern Paraguay to assess whether the diet composition of this species changes with habitat degradation. We accounted for diet variability associated with demographic traits and forest characteristics using multinomial linear models. Once the effect of age, sex, and season were accounted for, we found that the diet of capuchins was plastic and shifted to adapt to studied degraded forest conditions. The results showed that (as expected) the capuchins have a generalist and flexible diet, including opportunistically taking advantage of crop plants, particularly Slash Pine plantations, when the risks were lower. The capuchins ability to adjust their diet in different habitat fragments demonstrates that small islands of Paraguayan Atlantic Forest are valuable for their persistence. This insight can be used to create applied conservation strategies, such as using the existing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) legislation to provide an opportunity to begin reconnecting fragments using native trees bordered by Slash Pine plantations. Using the capuchins as an umbrella species would increase public support of the program, while compensation through the PES scheme and profiting from the timber would encourage landowner participation.","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42577698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. C. Ross, Margaret A. H. Bryer, C. Chapman, J. Rothman, Omer Nevo, Kim Valenta
{"title":"Why eat flowers? Symphonia globulifera flowers provide a fatty resource for red-tailed monkeys","authors":"A. C. Ross, Margaret A. H. Bryer, C. Chapman, J. Rothman, Omer Nevo, Kim Valenta","doi":"10.1163/14219980-20211003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/14219980-20211003","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Flowers are ubiquitous in primate environments, yet their nutritional advantages are underexamined. Symphonia globulifera is a widely distributed tree exploited by a variety of animals in Africa and the Americas. We collected S. globulifera flower samples consumed by red-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) and compared them nutritionally to flower samples from other plant species in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Flowers were assayed for three fiber fractions (NDF, ADF, lignin), fat, crude protein, acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN), ash, and soluble sugars. We estimated available protein, total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC), and metabolizable energy (ME). We calculated the mean and standard deviation for all nutrient categories and applied nutritional geometry to illustrate the balance among the energetic gains from available protein, fat, fiber, and TNC across flower species. Our results suggest that S. globulifera flowers provide an unusually high fat resource (14.82% ± 1.41%) relative to other flowers (1.38% ± 5.79%) and other foods exploited in the same habitat.","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42913830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contents Vol. 92, 2021","authors":"Christophe Soligo, Katherine R. Amato","doi":"10.1159/000522130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000522130","url":null,"abstract":"Katherine R. Amato – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Marco Campera – Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Susana Carvalho – University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Robin Huw Crompton – University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (editor emeritus) Alan F. Dixson – Kapiti Coast, New Zealand Giuseppe Donati – Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK Laura Fitton – The University of York, York, UK Nina G. Jablonski – Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA William L. Jungers – Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA Ammie Kalan – University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Australia Brice Lefaux – Parc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France Marni LaFleur – University San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Phyllis P.C. Lee – University of Stirling, Stirling, UK Stanislav Lhota – Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia Robert D. Martin – The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA (editor emeritus) Julia Nowack – Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Emmanuelle Pouydebat – Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique-Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France Luca Pozzi – University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA Todd Rae – University of Roehampton, London, UK Matthew J. Ravosa – University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA Anthony B. Rylands – Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA Colleen M. Schaffner – Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, USA William Sellers – The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Volker Sommer – University College London, London, UK Jeroen Stevens – Mechelen, Belgium Susannah K. Thorpe – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Augusto Vitale – Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy Folia Primatologica","PeriodicalId":50437,"journal":{"name":"Folia Primatologica","volume":"92 1","pages":"I - IV"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43357289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}