Geophagy of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) at Xiangguqing in the Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve, China
文献类型： 外文期刊
作者： Li, Dayong 2 ; Ren, Baoping 1 ; Hu, Jie 2 ; Zhang, Qingyu 3 ; Yang, Yumin 3 ; Grueter, Cyril C. 4 ; Krzton, Ali 5 ; He, X 1 ;
作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Anim Ecol & Conservat Biol, Inst Zool, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
2.China West Normal Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conser, Nanchong 637009, Peoples R China
3.Sichuan Acad Agr Sci, Soil & Fertilizer Inst, Chengdu 610066, Peoples R China
4.Univ Western Australia, Sch Anat Physiol & Human Biol, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
5.Texas A&M Univ, Dept Anthropol, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
6.Baimaxueshan Nat Nat Reserve, Diqing 674400, Peoples R China
关键词： Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithccus bicti);geophagy;age/sex classes;mineral
期刊名称：NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY （ 影响因子：0.969； 五年影响因子：1.01 ）
ISSN： 1584-9074
年卷期： 2014 年 10 卷 2 期
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收录情况： SCI
摘要： Geophagy is common in extant nonhuman primate species, but the exact reasons for it across species remain unclear. Previous diet studies on Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) were only focused on organic materials (plants and small animals). There are no reports on R. bieti exhibiting geophagy in the field before this study. This study was carried out at Xiangguqing in the Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve from June 2008 to May 2009. We recorded the behavior of geophagy and collected samples of soil consumed by the monkeys there and analyzed their content in a laboratory. We identified a total of eight sites where the monkeys consumed soil in the home range during the study period. The total time spent ingesting soil was 13,690 seconds. 20 adult males, 34 adult females except lactating mothers, and 12 immatures without infants were seen to eat soil throughout this study. Average time spent in soil-eating bouts differed significantly among age/sex classes. This study suggests that particular age/sex classes or individuals in certain states of society and health will predictably display a behavioral pattern of geophagy. Our data indicate that geophagy in R. bicti is best explained as a response to nutrient deficiency, as soil consumed by the monkeys was significantly higher in calcium, copper, zinc, iron, manganese, and sodium. Although R. bicti consumes iron-rich soil, control samples that were not consumed also had high levels of iron, suggesting that high altitude alone is not a sufficient explanation for geophagy in this species.
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