Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W951635187> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W951635187 endingPage "645" @default.
- W951635187 startingPage "626" @default.
- W951635187 abstract "Ecological complexity has been proposed to play a crucial role in primate brain-size evolution. However, detailed quantification of ecological complexity is still limited. Here we assess the spatio-temporal distribution of tropical fruits and young leaves, two primary chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) foods, focusing on the predictability of their availability in individual trees. Using up to 20 years of information on monthly availability of young leaf, unripe and ripe fruit in plant species consumed by chimpanzees from tropical forests in East, Central, and West Africa, we estimated: (1) the forest-wide frequency of occurrence of each food type and (2) the predictability of finding ripe fruit-bearing trees, focusing on the timing, frequency, and amount of ripe fruit present. In all three forests, at least half of all encountered trees belonged to species that chimpanzees were known to feed on. However, the proportion of these trees bearing young leaves and fruit fluctuated widely between months. Ripe fruit was the most ephemeral food source, and trees that had more than half of their crown filled were at least nine times scarcer than other trees. In old growth forests only one large ripe fruit crop was on average encountered per 10 km. High levels of inter-individual variation in the number of months that fruit was present existed, and in some extreme cases individuals bore ripe fruit more than seven times as often as conspecifics. Some species showed substantially less variation in such ripe fruit production frequencies and fruit quantity than others. We hypothesize that chimpanzees employ a suite of cognitive mechanisms, including abilities to: (1) generalize or classify food trees; (2) remember the relative metrics of quantity and frequency of fruit production across years; and (3) flexibly plan return times to feeding trees to optimize high-energy food consumption in individual trees, and efficient travel between them. Am. J. Primatol. 78:626-645, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc." @default.
- W951635187 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W951635187 creator A5002675378 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5005167642 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5025321939 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5035350198 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5048465344 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5051332167 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5071377919 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5071739156 @default.
- W951635187 creator A5079715807 @default.
- W951635187 date "2016-01-21" @default.
- W951635187 modified "2023-10-15" @default.
- W951635187 title "Spatio-temporal complexity of chimpanzee food: How cognitive adaptations can counteract the ephemeral nature of ripe fruit" @default.
- W951635187 cites W123896459 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1499880029 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1579247973 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1589710860 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1759255939 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1803904515 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1816275442 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1865309488 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1888347670 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1964500250 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1964832668 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1965355626 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1966750113 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1966871282 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1969799502 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1971417036 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1971476484 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1972776635 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1974259877 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1977857493 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1983533308 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1984706644 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1985464082 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1985838415 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1987810430 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1988003697 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1988538550 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1989081077 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1991454796 @default.
- W951635187 cites W1992411899 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2000117952 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2002677186 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2006503099 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2011908021 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2023775495 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2029305204 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2031459375 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2033440773 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2035366873 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2036613247 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2040728552 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2040738252 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2041778174 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2047178182 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2048293400 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2049202588 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2052781187 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2060481405 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2062853974 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2064827749 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2066777395 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2069201126 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2070857075 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2073180873 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2074227421 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2075606380 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2079033064 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2079632672 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2084494117 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2087957677 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2089083458 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2094020800 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2099002036 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2100212556 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2108580867 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2111492132 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2111565319 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2113940759 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2114458610 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2114612676 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2122882633 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2123698449 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2124999531 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2126560241 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2135245646 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2137691685 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2139154909 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2140171592 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2142541668 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2142583769 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2147244928 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2156507221 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2157735227 @default.
- W951635187 cites W2159068318 @default.