Do Fruit Nutrients Affect Subgrouping Patterns in Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)? [PDF]
One of the main costs of group living is feeding competition. Fission–fusion dynamics are thought to be a strategy to avoid overt competition for food resources.
A Fiore Di +85 more
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The sugar composition of fruits in the diet of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in tropical humid forest in Costa Rica [PDF]
Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) detect sucrose at a threshold lower than any primate yet tested and prefer sucrose to glucose or fructose in laboratory tests.
Lucas, PW, Riba-Hernandez, P, Stoner, KE
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Thermal Infrared Imaging from Drones Offers a Major Advance for Spider Monkey Surveys
Accurate and precise population estimates form the basis of conservation action but are lacking for many arboreal species due to the high costs and difficulty in surveying these species.
Denise Spaan +8 more
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The spider monkey, a fruit specialist and important seed dispersal agent in the Neotropics, is an endangered primate due to habitat loss, hunting and the pet trade.
Carmen SCHERBAUM, Alejandro ESTRADA
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Taste detection threshold of human (Homo sapiens) subjects and taste preference threshold of black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) for the sugar substitute isomalt. [PDF]
Pereira S +2 more
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Resistance to antibiotics of clinical relevance in the fecal microbiota of Mexican wildlife. [PDF]
There are a growing number of reports of antibiotic resistance (ATBR) in bacteria living in wildlife. This is a cause for concern as ATBR in wildlife represents a potential public health threat.
Jurgi Cristóbal-Azkarate +3 more
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During a nine month field study, we assess the ability of spider (Ateles geoffroyi) and howler (Alouatta pigra) monkeys to cross a large Mesoamerican river, and if this behavior is related to deforestation and/or human population size on the disturbed ...
ÓSCAR M CHAVES, KATHRYN E STONER
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Female Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) Cope with Anthropogenic Disturbance Through Fission-Fusion Dynamics. [PDF]
Rodrigues MA.
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Chemical recognition of fruit ripeness in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). [PDF]
Nevo O +6 more
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Visual expertise does not predict the composite effect across species: a comparison between spider (Ateles geoffroyi) and rhesus (Macaca mulatta) monkeys. [PDF]
Taubert J, Parr LA.
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