Insects and other invertebrates form a portion of many living and extinct primate diets. We
review the nutritional profiles of insects in comparison with other dietary items, and discuss …

Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as
tropical rainforests, and are one of the most representative and highly endangered …

This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by
human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and …

Captive and field studies both provide valuable and complementary information that lead to
a better understanding of a species' behavioral ecology. Here, we review studies from wild …

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 …

We review resilience to natural and anthropogenic disturbance of palm populations and
communities in tropical America. Response of palms to disturbance depends on their …

Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs)—with a mean annual temperature greater than 17
degrees Celsius, rainfall ranging from 250 to 2000 millimeters annually and highly seasonal …

The C ao V it gibbon is a critically endangered species with only about 110 individuals
remaining in a degraded karst forest along the C hina‐V ietnam border. Behavioral data …

The degree of dietary flexibility in primates is species specific; some incorporate a wider
array of resources than others. Extreme interannual weather variability in Madagascar …

Objectives Invertebrate foraging strategies in nonhuman primates often require complex
extractive foraging or prey detection techniques. As these skills take time to master, juveniles …