[HTML][HTML] Current status and nutritional value of green leaf protein

C Balfany, J Gutierrez, M Moncada, S Komarnytsky - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Green leaf biomass is one of the largest underutilized sources of nutrients worldwide.
Whether it is purposely cultivated (forage crops, duckweed) or upcycled as a waste stream …

The complexity of interacting nutritional drivers behind food selection, a review of northern cervids

AM Felton, HK Wam, C Stolter, KM Mathisen… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The research literature on food selection by large herbivores is extensive. Still, we are
generally lacking in our knowledge of the influence of potentially interacting chemical …

Terrestriality and bacterial transfer: a comparative study of gut microbiomes in sympatric Malagasy mammals

AC Perofsky, RJ Lewis, LA Meyers - The ISME journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The gut microbiomes of mammals appear to mirror their hosts' phylogeny, suggesting host-
driven microbial community assembly. Yet, much of this evidence stems from comparative …

Nutritional Characteristics of Wild and Cultivated Foods for Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Agricultural Landscapes

MR McLennan, JU Ganzhorn - International Journal of Primatology, 2017 - Springer
Primate habitats are being transformed by human activities such as agriculture. Many wild
primates include cultivated foods (crops) in their diets, calling for an improved understanding …

Plant secondary metabolites and primate food choices: A meta‐analysis and future directions

HR Windley, D Starrs, E Stalenberg… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The role of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in shaping the feeding decisions, habitat
suitability, and reproductive success of herbivorous mammals has been a major theme in …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments

A Mekonnen, PJ Fashing, A Bekele… - BMC ecology, 2018 - Springer
Background Understanding the effects of habitat modification on the feeding strategies of
threatened species is essential to designing effective conservation management plans. Bale …

The seasonal feeding ecology of the javan slow loris (nycticebus javanicus)

F Cabana, E Dierenfeld, W Wirdateti… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe the strategy employed by exudativorous primates during seasonal
shifts in food abundance using the Javan slow loris as a model. Males and females may …

Ecological and evolutionary significance of primates' most consumed plant families

JY Lim, MD Wasserman, J Veen… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Angiosperms have been essential components of primate diets for millions of years, but the
relative importance of different angiosperm families remains unclear. Here, we assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Low levels of fruit nitrogen as drivers for the evolution of Madagascar's primate communities

G Donati, L Santini, TM Eppley, SJ Arrigo-Nelson… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The uneven representation of frugivorous mammals and birds across tropical regions–high
in the New World, low in Madagascar and intermediate in Africa and Asia–represents a long …

[HTML][HTML] Factors Affecting Leaf Selection by Foregut-fermenting Proboscis Monkeys: New Insight from in vitro Digestibility and Toughness of Leaves

I Matsuda, M Clauss, A Tuuga, J Sugau, G Hanya… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Free-living animals must make dietary choices in terms of chemical and physical properties,
depending on their digestive physiology and availability of food resources. Here we …