Drinking from arboreal water sources by mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata Gray).

Glander, KE

Switzerland

2013-03-01T20:16:48Z

1978

Despite occasional trips to the ground and feeding in trees whose canopies touched the river, mantled howling monkeys were never seen to drink from any ground water. Drinking from arboreal cisterns was observed, but only during the wet season (meteorologically the less stressful season but phenologically the more stressful season). The lack of sufficient new leaves during the wet season forced the howlers to ingest more mature leaves which contained significantly less water. To compensate for the lowered amount of water in their food, the monkeys utilized arboreal water cisterns. The cisterns dried up during the dry season, but the howlers maintained their water balance by altering their time of actiivity and selecting a diet comprised largely of succulent new leaves. The effect of plant-produced secondary compounds on drinking also was discussed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/417985

0015-5713

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6287

eng

S. Karger AG

Folia Primatol (Basel)

10161/6306

http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6306

Alouatta

Animals

Drinking Behavior

Female

Food Preferences

Haplorhini

Male

Seasons

Weather

Drinking from arboreal water sources by mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata Gray).

Journal article

Glander, KE|0000-0001-9563-4660

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/417985

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Duke

Evolutionary Anthropology

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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