The ecological role of the callitrichidae: a review.
The ecological role of the callitrichidae: a review.
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callitrichidae 的生态作用：综述。
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发表时间：
1984
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
W. Kinzey
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作者：
R. Sussman;W. Kinzey
绒猴和绢毛猴在灵长类动物中扮演着独特的生态角色，这一角色尚未得到充分认识。文学作品中充斥着许多误解，认为他们是原始的、一夫一妻制的、领土的和松鼠般的。这些误解主要是由于误解了实验室研究，这些研究尚未在自然栖息地的动物身上得到证实。最近的实地研究表明，绒猴和绢毛猴有一个高度衍生的生态作用，不是一夫一妻制，饲料主要是昆虫和植物分泌物，并有独特的专业位置行为，包括坚持垂直树干，以分泌物为食。伴随着这些行为特征的是除了拇趾之外的所有手指上都有一些爪状指甲，以及三尖的上臼齿形态。这些特征在现存的灵长类动物中是独一无二的，其中许多与它们的生态作用有关。我们相信，绒猴和绢毛猴是分泌物饲养者的一个公会的成员，其中植物分泌物是饮食的重要组成部分。正是在这个灵长类觅食行会的框架内，我们可以最好地理解他们的许多形态和行为适应。
The marmosets and tamarins fill a unique ecological role among the anthropoid primates, one that has not been fully recognized. Many misconceptions--that they are primitive, monogamous, territorial, and squirrellike--pervade the literature. These misconceptions are largely the result of misinterpreting laboratory studies which have not been confirmed with identified animals in natural habitats. Recent field studies, reviewed here, indicate that marmosets and tamarins have a highly derived ecological role, are not monogamous, feed largely on insects and plant exudates, and have uniquely specialized positional behavior involving clinging to vertical tree trunks in order to feed on exudates. Accompanying these behavioral traits are a number clawlike nails on all digits except the hallux, and a three-cusped upper molar morphology. These form a suite of characteristics unique among the living primates, many of which are related to their ecological role. We believe that the marmosets and tamarins are members of a guild of exudate feeders in which plant exudates are an important component of the diet. It is within this framework of a primate foraging guild that we can best understand many of their morphological and behavioral adaptations.