Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopic Profiling of Chimpanzees and Monkeys in Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Stable isotope analysis is a widely used tool in primate ecology for investigating diet and environment, with numerous studies focusing on chimpanzees. However, few studies have used this method to explore the dietary niche of chimpanzees in comparison to other primates or examined intra-individual dietary variability. This limitation hinders the understanding of the comparability of stable isotopic data with the wealth of behavioral observational data in primate ecology. We report the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of hairs from wild eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and four other primate species (Cercopithecus mitis, Cercopithecus ascanius, Allochrocebus lhoesti, and Colobus guereza) in the Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda. Bulk analysis revealed that both pl

SUBMITTER: Tsutaya T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820444 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature