The Influence of Tamarind Tree Quality and Quantity on Lemur catta Behavior
The Influence of Tamarind Tree Quality and Quantity on Lemur catta Behavior
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罗望子树质量和数量对狐猴卡塔行为的影响
DOI：
10.1007/978-0-387-34126-2_8
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
H. Rasamimanana
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A. S. Mertl‐Millhollen;Hajarimanitra Rambeloarivony;W. Miles;Veronica A. Kaiser;Lisa Gray;Loretta T. Dorn;George Williams;H. Rasamimanana
自从马达加斯加贝伦蒂保护区对环尾狐猴行为的最早研究（Jolly，1966; Klopfer和Jolly，1970; Sussman，1974; Budnitz和Dainis，1975）以来，研究人员一直试图将狐猴的行为与环境联系起来。为什么部队核心地区和边界被放在他们所在的地方？为什么他们选择吃一些树而不是其他树？一些部队在40年的研究中表现出很大的一致性（Jolly and Pride，1999; Mertl-Millhollen，2000）。我们假设，有一种模式的森林资源，有利于这种范围的行为和水决定了这种模式。这项研究解决了环尾狐猴部队D1 A的假设。它栖息在Mandrare河旁边的封闭树冠画廊森林中，这种沿河森林是现存最丰富的环尾狐猴栖息地之一（Sussman等人，2003和本卷; Goodman等人，此卷）。这支队伍也延伸到离河流更远的开阔森林。通过包括潮湿和干燥的森林环境，应该有最大限度的食物来源多样性（Gosling和Petrie，1981年）。我们详细研究了森林的丰富性，然后将部队的觅食和测距行为与丰富性的分布相关联。我们关注罗望子（罗望子indus indica）提供的食物的质量和数量，这是一种豆科树木，是狐猴的主要食物来源（Budnitz和Dainis，1975; Rasamimanana和Rafidinarivo，1993; Suther，1998; Yamashita，2002），也是环尾狐猴分布区沿河森林的优势物种（Sussman和Rakotozafy，1994）。我们包括D1 A范围内所有大型罗望子的图谱，并在早期研究的基础上进行复制和扩展（Mertl-Millhollen等人，2003年）。结果表明，狐猴取食树叶的范围与罗望子叶的含水量和蛋白质含量有关。因为在这项研究中只对10只罗望子进行了采样，而且只在9月/10月的出生季节进行，所以我们在这里扩展了这些发现。我们收集了叶样本，从18罗望子在2002年出生季节，以验证结果增加样本量。然后，我们在其他季节进行了重复采样，以查看结果是否具有普遍性。
Ever since the earliest studies of ringtailed lemur behavior at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar (Jolly, 1966; Klopfer and Jolly, 1970; Sussman, 1974; Budnitz and Dainis, 1975), researchers have tried to relate lemur behavior to the environment. Why are troop core areas and borders placed where they are? Why do they choose to feed on some trees and not others? Some troops show great consistency over the 40 years they have been studied (Jolly and Pride, 1999; Mertl-Millhollen, 2000). We hypothesize that there is a pattern to the forest resources that is conducive to this kind of ranging behavior and that water determines much of this pattern.This research addresses that hypothesis for ringtailed lemur troop D1A. It inhabits the closed canopy gallery forest next to the Mandrare River, the kind of riverine forest that is among the richest of ringtailed lemur habitats remaining (Sussman et al., 2003 and this volume; Goodman et al., this volume). The troop also ranges into open forest farther from the river. By including both a moist and a dry forest environment, there should be a maximum diversity of food sources (Gosling and Petrie, 1981). We examine the forest richness in detail and then correlate troop feeding and ranging behavior with the distribution of that richness. We focus on the quality and quantity of food provided by the tamarind (Tamarindus indica), a leguminous tree that is a keystone food source for the lemurs (Budnitz and Dainis, 1975; Rasamimanana and Rafidinarivo, 1993; Sauther, 1998; Yamashita, 2002) and the dominant species of the riverine forests in the ringtailed lemur range (Sussman and Rakotozafy, 1994). We include a map of all large tamarinds in the D1A range and replicate and expand upon an earlier study (Mertl-Millhollen et al., 2003). It demonstrated that lemur ranging to feed on leaves correlates with tamarind leaf water and protein content. Because only 10 tamarinds were sampled in that study and because it was only done during the birth season, in September/October, we are expanding upon those findings here. We collected leaf samples from 18 tamarinds in the 2002 birth season in order to verify the results with an increased sample size. We then did repeated sampling in other seasons in order to see whether the results generalize.
对马达加斯加贝伦蒂保护区环尾狐猴 (Lemur catta) 种群进行 20 年研究
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
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作者：
Ichino S;Soma T;Miyamoto N;Sato H;Koyama N;Takahata Y
通讯作者：
Takahata Y