Diet and Feeding Ecology of Ateles chamek in a Bolivian Semihumid Forest: The Importance of Ficus as a Staple Food Resource

By Annika M. Felton, Adam Felton, J. Wood, David B. Lindenmayer. International journal of primatology, 2008

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Ecological Flexibility in Boutourlini’s Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii) in Jibat Forest, Ethiopia: A Comparison of Habitat Use, Ranging Behavior, and Diet in Intact and Fragmented Forest (2013, background): “The strong selection for figs by Forest Group is consistent with a pattern observed across many other tropical forest vertebrates, including many primates, worldwide (Fashing 2001b; Felton et al. 2008; Parr et al. 2011; Shanahan et al. 2001).”
Nutritional Ecology of Ateles chamek in lowland Bolivia: How Macronutrient Balancing Influences Food Choices (2009, background): “Tall forest dominates the study area, with small sections of low vine forest, chaparral, and swamp (Felton et al. 2008).”
Differences in Diet Between Spider Monkey Groups Living in Forest Fragments and Continuous Forest in Mexico (2012, background): “The marked and continued use of Ficus suggests that figs represent a staple food resource for spider monkeys (Felton et al. 2008).”
Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate (2009, background): “…xp ec te d Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/20/4/685/242602 by guest on 28 July 2018 timber species Ficus boliviana were a major food source for our study animals (Felton et al. 2008), and also appear to be a nutritionally balanced food for spider monkeys (Figure 3).”