Where and what? Frugivory is associated with more efficient foraging in three semi-free ranging primate species.

ABSTRACT: Foraging in seasonal environments can be cognitively challenging. Comparative studies have associated brain size with a frugivorous diet. We investigated how fruit distribution (where) and preference (what) affect foraging decisions in three semi-free ranging primate species with different degrees of frugivory: Macaca tonkeana (N _indiv = 5; N _trials = 430), M. fascicularis (N _indiv = 3; N _trials = 168) and Sapajus apella (N _indiv = 6; N _trials = 288). We used 36 boxes fixed on trees and filled with highly and less preferred fruits with different (weekly) spatio-temporal distributions. Individuals were tested in two conditions: (1) same fruit provide

SUBMITTER: Trapanese C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549983 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature