Positional Behaviours of Francois' Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) in the Limestone Forest of Nonggang, Guangxi, South-West China
Positional Behaviours of Francois' Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) in the Limestone Forest of Nonggang, Guangxi, South-West China
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广西弄岗石灰岩林中叶猴(Trachypithecus francoisi)的位置行为
DOI:
10.1159/000502503
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发表时间:
2020-05-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Zhou, Qihai
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作者:
Chen, Ting;Huang, Zhonghao;Zhou, Qihai
Primates' positional behaviours provide information for understanding relationships among morphology, ecology and behavioural flexibility. From September 2005 to August 2006, we collected data via instantaneous scan sampling on positional behaviours in Francois' langurs at Nonggang Nature Reserve, south-west China. We predicted that these langurs would use (1) leaping as the predominant locomotor mode and (2) bipedal standing more frequently in the rainy season than in the dry season. Our result showed that leaping was the dominant locomotor mode (38.38%), followed by -quadrupedal walking (31.2%), vertical climbing (25.1%) and quadrupedal running (5.3%). The ground was the most frequently used stratum during movement (33.4%). Most locomotion through trees occurred on small- (48.7%) and medium-sized (47.6%) substrates. Locomotor mode, forest stratum use and substrate use during movement did not vary seasonally. When stationary, sitting was the most common posture (92.1%), followed by bipedal standing (3.7%), lying (3.5%), quadrupedal standing (0.6%), suspending (0.2%) and back-lying (