The Ranging Costs of a Fallback Food: Liana Consumption Supplements Diet but Increases Foraging Effort in Howler Monkeys

• Main Authors: Jacob C. Dunn, Norberto Asensio, Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Stefan Schnitzer, Jurgi Cristóbal-Azkarate
• Other Authors: University of Cambridge
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/13409
• Institution: Mahidol University

Lianas are important components in the dynamics of tropical forests and represent fallback foods for some primates, yet little is known about their impact on primate ecology, behavior or fitness. Using 2 yr of field data, we investigated liana consumption and foraging effort in four groups of howler...