Food and Foraging

Question 1

What are the 5 primate dietary types

Answer 1

*Frugivore
*Folivore
*Insectivore
*Gumivore
*Omnivore

Question 2

Minor components of primate diets

Answer 2

Flowers, nectar, fungi, lichen (ex. Capuchins)

Question 3

What are macronutrients

Answer 3

Nutrients needed in large amounts (carbs, proteins, fats)

Question 4

What are micronutrients

Answer 4

Nutrients needed in small amounts (vitamins and minerals)

Question 5

High quality foods vs Low quality foods

Answer 5

High quality foods are rich in easily digestible energy and nutrients, while low quality foods are the opposite

Question 6

Jarman-Bell Principle

Answer 6

As body size increases, diet quality decreases. Because of slower metabolism, larger digestive tracts

Question 7

3 components of foraging ecology

Answer 7

1. Finding and selecting food
2. Extracting and processing food
3. Digestion and metabolism

Question 8

role of color vision in foraging

Answer 8

Dichromats rely more on smell

Question 9

What factors influence dietary strategies in primates

Answer 9

*Habitat
*Seasonality
*Individual factors

Question 10

How do primates adapt to changing food availability

Answer 10

*Shift ranging
*Eat something else

Question 11

How does food distribution shape social structure

Answer 11

*Female map onto food distribution
*Males map onto female distribution

Question 12

Frugivores

Answer 12

Spider monkey, gibbons, red ruffed lemur

Question 13

Folivores

Answer 13

Howler monkey, colobus, indri

Question 14

Faunivores

Answer 14

Tarsiers, marmosets

Question 15

Gumivore

Answer 15

Pygmy marmoset, galago, Phaner lemurs