The Context of Dietary Variation in Cercopithecus diana in the Ivory Coast’s Tai National Park
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: There is increased recognition of the capacity for intraspecific dietary variation; however, previous studies of this phenomenon in Cercopithecus have focused only on guenons from a handful of sites.The lack of comparative and longitudinal data for West African guenons, including the Diana monkey Cercopithecus diana, inhibits our ability to assess habitat requirements, identify keystone resources, and make informed conservation decisions.Here, I present 5 years of feeding data on four Diana monkey groups ranging within the Ivory Coast's Taï Forest.Food scans taken every 30 minutes were used to generate feeding profiles, which are interpreted through five years of phonological data collected on feeding trees.2009....
Author: Erin E. Kane
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2290476429