Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant 'levels' in tamarins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biological adaptation manifests itself at the interface of different biologically relevant 'levels', such as ecology, performance, and morphology. Integrated studies at this interface are scarce due to practical difficulties in study design. We present a multilevel analysis, in which we combine evidence from habitat utilization, leaping performance and limb bone morphology of four species of tamarins to elucidate correlations between these 'levels'.

Results

We conducted studies of leaping behavior in the field and in a naturalistic park and found significant differences in support use and leaping performance. Leontocebus nigrifrons leaps primarily on vertical, inflexible supports, with vertical body postures, and covers greater leaping distances on average. In con

SUBMITTER: Berles P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865561 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature