Competition and group size in Thomas’s langurs (Presbytis thomasi): the folivore paradox revisited

By R. Steenbeek, C. Schaik. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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Socioecological influences on the reproductive success of female mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) (2007, background): “Within-group scramble competition (WGS) is expected when limiting food resources occur in large patches, or when such food is highly dispersed and/or quickly depleted (e.g., Thomas langurs, Steenbeek and van Schaik 2001 ).”
Activity and Ranging Patterns of Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Possible Costs of Large Group Size (2007, background): “The group sizes of folivores also tend to be smaller than those of other primates of similar body size (Clutton-Brock and Harvey, 1977a), a phenomenon labeled the folivore paradox because the relative ubiquity of their foods suggests folivores ought to be able to form large groups ( Steenbeek and va”
Towards an ecological solution to the folivore paradox: patch depletion as an indicator of within-group scramble competition in red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) (2005, background): “This apparent contradiction is often referred to as the folivore paradox ( Steenbeek and van Schaik 2001; Koenig and Borries 2002), and it has been proposed that its resolution may be achieved by invoking social factors, like the risk of infanticide, that could lead to selection for small group siz”
Ranging behavior of the mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: a test of the ecological constraints model (2005, background): “Folivorous primate species in which group size was positively related to DTD and home range size include red colobus (Procolobus badius, Gillespie and Chapman 2001), Thomas’s langurs (Presbytis thomasi, Steenbeck and van Schaik 2001 ), northern muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides hypoxanthus, Dias an”
Evolutionary Consequences of Fallback Foods (2007, background): “The ability of colobines to exploit a super-abundant FBF has led to the hypothesis that folivorous primates experience dampened feeding competition compared with frugivorous primates (Isbell 1991; Steenbeek and van Schaik 2001; Yeager and Kool 2000).”
Costs of group size: lower developmental and reproductive rates in larger groups of leaf monkeys (2008, background): “More recent data for folivorous species showed no or weak effects of group size on birth or survival rates ( Steenbeck and van Schaik 2001; Stokes et al. 2003; Robbins et al. 2007).”