The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates Hardback
Edited by Anne M. Burrows, Leanne T Nash
Part of the Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects series
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I first became involved in research into primate behavior and ecology in 1968, over 40 years ago, driven by a quest for a better understanding of the natural context of primate evolution.
At that time, it was virtually unknown that primates can exploit exudates as a major food source.
I was certainly unaware of this myself. By good fortune, I was awarded a postdoctoral grant to work on lemurs with Jean-Jacques Petter in the general ecology division of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Brunoy, France.
This provided the launching-pad for my first field study of lesser mouse lemurs in Madagascar, during which I gained my initial inklings of exudate feeding.
It was also in Brunoy that I met up with Pierre Charles- Dominique, who introduced me to pioneering observations of exudate feeding he had made during his field study of five lorisiform species in Gabon.
This opened my eyes to a key feeding adaptation that has now been reported for at least 69 primate species in 12 families (Smith, Chap. 3) – almost 20% of extant primate species. So exudativory is now firmly established as a dietary category for p- mates, alongside the long-recognized classes of faunivory (including insectivory), frugivory, and folivory.
Soon after I encountered Charles-Dominique, he published the first synthetic account of his Gabon field study in a French language journal (Charles-Dominique 1971).
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- Pages:306 pages, XXII, 306 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:17/09/2010
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- ISBN:9781441966605
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:306 pages, XXII, 306 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:17/09/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781441966605
