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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term consistency of spatial patterns of primate seed dispersal [PDF]

, 2017
Seed dispersal is a key ecological process in tropical forests, with effects on various levels ranging from plant reproductive success to the carbon storage potential of tropical rainforests.
Bello, Bialozyt, Culot, Dirzo, Effiom, Fa, Gentry, Hampe, Heymann, Heymann, Heymann, Houle, Julliot, Kie, Knogge, Knogge, Levin, Levine, McConkey, McConkey, McConkey, Muñoz Lazo, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nuñez-Iturri, Oliveira, Osuri, Peres, Peres, Peres, Peres, Peres, Peres, Pérez-Méndez, R Core Team, Roosmalen, Schupp, Signer, Stevenson, Stevenson, Terborgh, Wand, Worton   +44 more
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From steps to home ranges: How habitat disturbance influences the movement drivers of an arboreal primate

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Challenging the narrative about howler monkeys' high resilience to anthropogenic changes, our multiscale analysis reveals the costs of habitat disturbance to their movement ecology. We identify thermal limitations, reduced travel efficiency, and significant spatial saturation.
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Ulises Lara‐García, Manuel Guzmán‐Aguilar, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The origin and evolution of neotropical primates

, 2008
A significant event in the early evolution of Primates is the origin and radiation of anthropoids, with records in North Africa and Asia. The New World Primates, Infraorder Platyrrhini, have probably originated among these earliest anthropoids morphologically and temporally previous to the catarrhine/platyrrhine branching .
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Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012
The rich diversity of primate faces has interested naturalists for over a century. Researchers have long proposed that social behaviours have shaped the evolution of primate facial diversity. However, the primate face constitutes a unique structure where the diverse and potentially competing functions of communication, ecology and physiology intersect,
Sharlene E, Santana, Jessica, Lynch Alfaro, Michael E, Alfaro   +2 more
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Possible fruit protein effects on primate communities in madagascar and the neotropics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
The ecological factors contributing to the evolution of tropical vertebrate communities are still poorly understood. Primate communities of the tropical Americas have fewer folivorous but more frugivorous genera than tropical regions of the Old World and
Jörg U Ganzhorn, Summer Arrigo-Nelson, Sue Boinski, An Bollen, Valentina Carrai, Abigail Derby, Giuseppe Donati, Andreas Koenig, Martin Kowalewski, Petra Lahann, Ivan Norscia, Sandra Y Polowinsky, Christoph Schwitzer, Pablo R Stevenson, Mauricio G Talebi, Chia Tan, Erin R Vogel, Patricia C Wright   +17 more
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Fusión de suturas craneales en el delfín franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and D'Orbigny, 1844) [PDF]

, 2015
Se estudió la fusión de suturas craneales y su asimetría bilateral en el delfín franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei. Nuestros resultados mostraron que el cierre de suturas presenta baja variabilidad asociada a la longitud corporal total, exceptuando la ...
Cappozzo, Humberto Luis, del Castillo, Daniela Laura, Flores, David Alfredo   +2 more
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Chorusing, synchrony, and the evolutionary functions of rhythm

, 2014
A central goal of biomusicology is to understand the biological basis of human musicality. One approach to this problem has been to compare core components of human musicality (relative pitch perception, entrainment, etc.) with similar capacities in ...
Bowling, D., Fitch , W., Ravignani, A.
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Body Size Regulates Niche Overlap Asymmetry in the Subtropical Andes Rain Shadow: Isotopic Paleoecology of Oligocene South American Ungulates

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first isotopic analysis of Oligocene mammals from Quebrada Fiera, Mendoza, Argentina, filling a major gap in South American paleontology. It reveals a latitudinal gradient in aridity due to the Andean rain shadow and highlights the role of (semi)permanent water bodies in sustaining diverse herbivore communities. Additionally, it
Dánae Sanz‐Pérez, Santiago Hernández Del Pino, Esperanza Cerdeño, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Laura Domingo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patch size, functional isolation, visibility and matrix permeability influences neotropical primate occurrence within highly fragmented landscapes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Forest fragmentation and habitat loss are among the major current extinction causes. Remaining fragments are mostly small, isolated and showing poor quality. Being primarily arboreal, Neotropical primates are generally sensitive to fragmentation effects.
Lucas Goulart da Silva, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Érica Hasui, Carla Aparecida da Costa, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira da Cunha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source