Book contents
- The Colobines
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Colobines
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 General Introduction
- 2 Taxonomic Classification of Colobine Monkeys
- 3 The Colobine Fossil Record
- 4 Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogeography of Colobines
- 5 Relationships between the Diet and Dentition of Asian Leaf Monkeys
- 6 Morphology and Physiology of Colobine Digestive Tracts
- 7 Colobine Gut Microbiota
- 8 Colobine Nutritional Ecology
- 9 Red Colobus Natural History
- 10 Natural History of Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys
- 11 Behaviour and Ecology of Olive Colobus
- 12 Ecology and Behaviour of Odd-Nosed Colobines
- 13 Ecology of Semnopithecus
- 14 Ecology of Sympatric and Allopatric Presbytis and Trachypithecus Langurs in Sundaland
- 15 Ecology of Trachypithecus spp. in the Indo-Burmese Region
- 16 Socioecology of Asian Colobines
- 17 Socioecology of African Colobines
- 18 Causes and Consequences of the Formation of Multilevel Societies in Colobines
- 19 Colobine Population Ecology
- 20 State of Asian Colobines and Their Conservation Needs
- 21 Conservation of Africa’s Colobine Monkeys (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) with Taxonomic and Biogeographic Considerations
- 22 Directions for Future Research
- References
- Index
8 - Colobine Nutritional Ecology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2022
Book contents
- The Colobines
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Colobines
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 General Introduction
- 2 Taxonomic Classification of Colobine Monkeys
- 3 The Colobine Fossil Record
- 4 Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogeography of Colobines
- 5 Relationships between the Diet and Dentition of Asian Leaf Monkeys
- 6 Morphology and Physiology of Colobine Digestive Tracts
- 7 Colobine Gut Microbiota
- 8 Colobine Nutritional Ecology
- 9 Red Colobus Natural History
- 10 Natural History of Black-and-White Colobus Monkeys
- 11 Behaviour and Ecology of Olive Colobus
- 12 Ecology and Behaviour of Odd-Nosed Colobines
- 13 Ecology of Semnopithecus
- 14 Ecology of Sympatric and Allopatric Presbytis and Trachypithecus Langurs in Sundaland
- 15 Ecology of Trachypithecus spp. in the Indo-Burmese Region
- 16 Socioecology of Asian Colobines
- 17 Socioecology of African Colobines
- 18 Causes and Consequences of the Formation of Multilevel Societies in Colobines
- 19 Colobine Population Ecology
- 20 State of Asian Colobines and Their Conservation Needs
- 21 Conservation of Africa’s Colobine Monkeys (Cercopithecidae, Colobinae) with Taxonomic and Biogeographic Considerations
- 22 Directions for Future Research
- References
- Index
Summary
Colobus monkeys are unique among the primates as they are primarily folivores and digest fibrous foods through foregut fermentation. Although they mainly eat leaves, they also consume seeds, fruits and grasses in some locales. They navigate a complex nutritional landscape as a result of the environments they are faced with. To understand their nutritional ecology we explore the foods that colobines eat, the nutrient compositions of their diets, how they select foods and their interactions with toxins.
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- The ColobinesNatural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity, pp. 94 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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