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Title: | Terrestrial Behavior in Titi Monkeys (Callicebus, Cheracebus, and Plecturocebus): Potential Correlates, Patterns, and Differences between Genera |
Authors: | Souza-Alves, João Pedro Mourthé, Ítalo M.C. Hilário, Renato Richard Bicca-Marques, Júlio César Rehg, Jennifer A. Gestich, Carla C. Acero-Murcia, Adriana C. Adret, Patrice Aquino, Rolando Berthet, Mélissa Bowler, Mark T. Calouro, Armando Muniz Canale, Gustavo Rodrigues Cardoso, Nayara de A. Caselli, Christini Barbosa Cäsar, Cristiane Chagas, Renata Rocha Déda Clyvia, Aryanne Corsini, Cintia F. Defler, Thomas R. DeLuycker, Anneke M. Di Fiore, Anthony Dingess, Kimberly A. Erkenswick, Gideon A. Ferreira, Michele Alves Fernández-Duque, Eduardo Ferrari, Stephen Francis Fontes, Isadora P. Gomes, Josimar Daniel Gonçalves, Frederico P.R. Guerra, Maurício Haugaasen, Torbjørn Heiduck, Stefanie Heymann, Eckhard W. Hodges, Shannon Huashuayo-Llamocca, Rosario Jerusalinsky, Leandro Kasper, Carlos Benhur Lawrence, Jenna Lueffe, Teresa Magdalena Lopes, Karine G.D. Martínez, Jesús Melo, Fabiano Rodrigues de Messias, Mariluce Rezende Nagy-Reis, Mariana B. Nole, Inés Paciência, Filipa M.D. Palacios, Erwin Poirier, Alice Oliveira Porfírio, Grasiela Edith de Porter, Amy M. Price, Eluned C. Printes, Rodrigo Cambará Quintino, Erika Patrícia Reis, Evandro Amato Rocha, Alessandro Rodríguez, Adriana Röhe, Fábio Rumíz, Damiàn Ignacio Shanee, Sam Santana, Marina M. Setz, Eleonore Zulnara Freire Souza, Francisco Salatiel Clemente de Spironello, Wilson Roberto Tirado Herrera, Emérita R. Vinhas, Luana Vulinec, Kevina Wallace, Robert B. Watsa, Mrinalini Wright, Patricia Chapple Young, Robert J. Barnett, Adrian Ashton |
Keywords: | Air Sampling Arboreal Species Feeding Behavior Food Availability Fruit Habitat Fragmentation Phylogenetics Predation Risk Primate Pristine Environment Rainfall Sampling Type Locality Callicebinae Callicebus Invertebrata Pitheciidae Primates |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | International Journal of Primatology |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 40, Número 4-5, Pags. 553-572 |
Abstract: | For arboreal primates, ground use may increase dispersal opportunities, tolerance to habitat change, access to ground-based resources, and resilience to human disturbances, and so has conservation implications. We collated published and unpublished data from 86 studies across 65 localities to assess titi monkey (Callicebinae) terrestriality. We examined whether the frequency of terrestrial activity correlated with study duration (a proxy for sampling effort), rainfall level (a proxy for food availability seasonality), and forest height (a proxy for vertical niche dimension). Terrestrial activity was recorded frequently for Callicebus and Plecturocebus spp., but rarely for Cheracebus spp. Terrestrial resting, anti-predator behavior, geophagy, and playing frequencies in Callicebus and Plecturocebus spp., but feeding and moving differed. Callicebus spp. often ate or searched for new leaves terrestrially. Plecturocebus spp. descended primarily to ingest terrestrial invertebrates and soil. Study duration correlated positively and rainfall level negatively with terrestrial activity. Though differences in sampling effort and methods limited comparisons and interpretation, overall, titi monkeys commonly engaged in a variety of terrestrial activities. Terrestrial behavior in Callicebus and Plecturocebus capacities may bolster resistance to habitat fragmentation. However, it is uncertain if the low frequency of terrestriality recorded for Cheracebus spp. is a genus-specific trait associated with a more basal phylogenetic position, or because studies of this genus occurred in pristine habitats. Observations of terrestrial behavior increased with increasing sampling effort and decreasing food availability. Overall, we found a high frequency of terrestrial behavior in titi monkeys, unlike that observed in other pitheciids. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/s10764-019-00105-x |
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