| Titre : |
Feeding ecology of sympatric mouse lemur species in Northwestern Madagascar |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Radespiel; U., Reimann, W., Rahelinirina, M., Zimmermann, E., Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
2010 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
LEMURIENS:Biologie, Ecologie, Densité
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| Mots-clés : |
DIET FEEDING ECOLOGY MICROCEBUS STREPSIRHINES |
| Résumé : |
We performed a comparative pilot study on vertical space use and feeding ecology of 2 closely related sympatric mouse lemur species in northwestern Madagascar. We recorded feeding behavior and the use of vertical forest strata for 6 gray and 4 golden-brown mouse lemur females that we followed for 120 h. We carried out feeding experiments and analyzed fecal samples for food remains. Both species showed no significant difference in use of forest strata. They had a similar overall diet, with insect secretions and gum as main plant food resources; arthropod remains occurred in about half of all fecal samples. Both lemurs used in common >50% of the plant species that each consumed, which accounts for ?70% of all individual plants used. However, both species used >40% of their feeding plant species exclusively and seemed to differ in their degree of specialization on certain plant species. |
| Titre du périodique : |
International Journal of Primatology |
| Volume : |
27 (311) |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-005-9005-0 |
Feeding ecology of sympatric mouse lemur species in Northwestern Madagascar [texte imprimé] / Radespiel; U., Reimann, W., Rahelinirina, M., Zimmermann, E., Auteur . - 2010. Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
LEMURIENS:Biologie, Ecologie, Densité
|
| Mots-clés : |
DIET FEEDING ECOLOGY MICROCEBUS STREPSIRHINES |
| Résumé : |
We performed a comparative pilot study on vertical space use and feeding ecology of 2 closely related sympatric mouse lemur species in northwestern Madagascar. We recorded feeding behavior and the use of vertical forest strata for 6 gray and 4 golden-brown mouse lemur females that we followed for 120 h. We carried out feeding experiments and analyzed fecal samples for food remains. Both species showed no significant difference in use of forest strata. They had a similar overall diet, with insect secretions and gum as main plant food resources; arthropod remains occurred in about half of all fecal samples. Both lemurs used in common >50% of the plant species that each consumed, which accounts for ?70% of all individual plants used. However, both species used >40% of their feeding plant species exclusively and seemed to differ in their degree of specialization on certain plant species. |
| Titre du périodique : |
International Journal of Primatology |
| Volume : |
27 (311) |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-005-9005-0 |
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