The sticky tasty: the nutritional content of the exudativorous diet of the Javan slow loris in a lowland forest

• Main Authors: Dewi, Tungga, Imron, Muhammad Ali, Lukmandaru, Ganis, Hedger, Katherine, Campera, Marco, Nekaris, K.A.I.
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Tree Nutrition and Physiology; Forestry Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283262/1/s10329-021-00962-2.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283262/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-021-00962-2; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00962-2
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Plant exudates are an important food source for many primates. The Critically Endangered Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) was previously found to prefer Acacia decurrens exudate in an anthropogenically disturbed site, while its feeding habits in secondary natural forest remain unknown. Knowle...