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Article
Nature 259, 459-462 (12 February 1976) | doi:10.1038/259459a0; Accepted 18 December 1975
Body weight, diet and home range area in primates
Katharine Milton† & Michael L. May*, ‡
- †Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
- ‡Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601
- *Present address: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Abstract
Primates show a strong positive relationship between body weight and home range area. Dietary habits also influence home range area. Folivorous primates occupy smaller home range areas for their body weight than do frugivores and omnivores. Primates generally require smaller home range area per individual than solitary terrestrial mammals, but primates living in social groups have much larger total home range than individual solitary mammals. This trend may necessitate higher expenditures of energy in food-gathering or modifications in movement patterns.
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