Factors affecting call usage in wild black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) at Mangevo, Ranomafana National Park
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DOI: 10.1007/s10329-021-00956-0
Abstract: Vocal communication is an important modality for group-living primates inhabiting dense forest habitats that can hinder visual and olfactory signals. Nevertheless, research on primate vocalizations has historically focused on a narrow subset of haplorhine taxa;… read more here.
Keywords: call; ruffed lemurs; lemurs varecia; call types ... See more keywords
Experimental testing of reciprocal effects of nutrition and parasitism in wild black capuchin monkeys
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12803-8
Abstract: Nutritional stress may predispose individuals to infection, which in turn can have further detrimental effects on physical condition, thus creating an opportunity for reciprocal effects between nutrition and parasitism. Little experimental investigation has been conducted… read more here.
Keywords: effects nutrition; wild black; black capuchin; nutrition parasitism ... See more keywords
Wild black bears harbor simple gut microbial communities with little difference between the jejunum and colon
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77282-w
Abstract: The gut microbiome (GMB), comprising the commensal microbial communities located in the gastrointestinal tract, has co-evolved in mammals to perform countless micro-ecosystem services to facilitate physiological functions. Because of the complex inter-relationship between mammals and… read more here.
Keywords: wild black; colon; black bears; jejunum ... See more keywords