Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment

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	Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment
	Xiang ZF*1,2,3; Huo S 2; Xiao W 2; Quan RC 2; Grueter CC 4; zorph111@yahoo.com.cn
	2007
发表期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
ISSN	0275-2565
卷号	69 期号:10 页码:1141-1158
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摘要	The diet and feeding ecology of a wild subpopulation of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) were studied at Xiaochangdu in Honglaxueshan Nature Reserve, Tibet. This region is climatologically harsher than any other inhabited by non-human primates. Black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys fed on 48 parts of 25 plant species, at least three species of lichens and seven species of invertebrates. The number of food items exploited varied markedly among seasons, with dietary diversity being greatest in spring and summer. In winter, black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys had to subsist on fallback foods such as dried grass and bark. Ubiquitous lichens formed a major dietary constituent throughout the year, contributing about 75% of feeding records. Even though lichens act as a staple, our findings signify that the monkeys at Xiaochangdu prefer feeding on foliage, which is higher in protein content than the former. We provide evidence that black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys are able to cope with an array of food items other than lichens and hence can be regarded as feeding generalists. We discuss the results with reference to previous studies on other subpopulations living in habitats that are floristically more diverse and offer more plant food items than the marginal habitat at Xiaochangdu.
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关键词	Rhinopithecus Bieti Colobinae Feeding Ecology Lichens Diet Tibet
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收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kiz.ac.cn/handle/152453/5377
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通讯作者	zorph111@yahoo.com.cn
作者单位	1.Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, PR China 2.Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Kunming, Yunnan, PR China 3.Graduate University of CAS, Beijing, PR Chin 4.Anthropologisches Institut und Museum, Universita ¨t Zu ¨rich-Irchel, Zu ¨rich, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiang ZF*,Huo S,Xiao W,et al. Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY,2007,69(10):1141-1158.
APA	Xiang ZF*,Huo S,Xiao W,Quan RC,Grueter CC,&zorph111@yahoo.com.cn.(2007).Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY,69(10),1141-1158.
MLA	Xiang ZF*,et al."Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY 69.10(2007):1141-1158.

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