Seed dispersal is a key process in plant communities and frugivory is very important in
vertebrate communities. This paper updates a review of frugivory and seed dispersal by …

The consumption of fungi by animals is a significant trophic interaction in most terrestrial
ecosystems, yet the role mammals play in these associations has been incompletely …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds …

Variation in the availability and distribution of food resources is a strong selective pressure
on wild primates. We explored variation in Tibetan macaque gut microbiota composition …

Habitat restoration for endangered species requires sufficient understanding of species'
feeding ecology. Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is the world's rarest primate species …

Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

Habitat fragmentation is a critical contributor to biodiversity degradation and species
extinction, as illustrated by the severely fragmented habitat of the western black-crested …

Recently, detection dogs have been utilized to collect fecal samples from cryptic and rare
mammals. Despite the great promise of this technique for conservation biology, its broader …

Frugivory and seed dispersal have a crucial role to play in the novel landscapes that are
emerging around the world. Robust predictions of what will happen when new combinations …

Wild animals may encounter multiple challenges especially food shortage and altered diet
composition in their suboptimal ranges. Yet, how the gut microbiome responds to dietary …