Florivory, nectarivory, and pollination - A review of primate-flower interactions

Ecotropica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Heymann, Eckhard W ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Feeding ecology; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054691167     PISSN: 09493026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (64)

1. Baum, D.A. 2003. Bombacaceae, Adansonia, baobab, bozy, fony, renala, ringy, za. Pp. 339-342 in Goodman, S.M. & J.P. Benstead (eds.). The natural history of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
2. Birkinshaw, C.R. 2002. Probable pollination of Brexia madagascariensis (Lam.) Ker Gaul, by Eulemurfulvus at Ambila-Lemaitso, Madagascar. Lemur News 7: 11.
3. Birkinshaw, C.R. & I.C. Colquhoun. 1998. Pollination of Ravenala madagascariensis and Parkia madagascariensis by Eulemur macaco in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 69: 252-259. (Pubitemid 128491807)
4. Carthew, S.M. & R.L. Goldingay. 1997. Non-flying mammals as pollinators. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 104-108.
5. Chivers, D.J. & CM. Hladik. 1980. Morphology of the gastrointestinal tract in primates: comparisons with other mammals in relation to diet. Journal of Morphology 166: 337-386.
6. Coe, M & F. Isaac. 1965. Pollination of the baobob (Adan-sonia digitate L.) by die lesser bush baby (Galago cras-sicaudatus E. Geoffroy). East African Wildlife Journal 3: 123-124.
7. Colquhoun, I.C. 1993. The socioecology of Eulemur macaco: A preliminary report. Pp. 11-23 in Kappeler, P.M. & J.U. Ganzhorn (eds.). Lemur social systems and their ecological basis. Plenum Press, New York.
8. Dietz, J.M., Peres, CA & L. Pinder. 1997. Foraging ecology and use of space in wild golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia). American Journal of Primatology 41: 289-305. (Pubitemid 27167676)
9. Dominy, N.J., Lucas, P.W & N.S. Noor. 2006. Primate sensory systems and foraging behaviour. Pp. 489-509 in Hohmann, G., Robbins, M.M. & C. Boesch (eds.). Feeding ecology in apes and other primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
10. Dumont, E.R. 1997. Cranial shape in fruit, nectar, and exudate feeders: Implications for interpreting the fossil record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 102: 187-202. (Pubitemid 27131749)
11. Ferrari, S.F. & K.B. Strier. 1992. Exploitation of Mabea fistulifera nectar by marmosets (Callithrixflaviceps) and muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in south-east Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8: 225-239. (Pubitemid 23401452)
12. Foley, W.J. & S.J. Cork. 1992. Use of fibrous diet by small herbivores: how far can the rules be "bent"? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7: 159-162 (Pubitemid 23396696)
13. Frost, S. & P. Frost. 1981. Sunbird pollination olStrtlitzia nicoki. Oecologia 49: 379-384.
14. Ganesh, T. & P. Davidar. 1997. Flowering phenology and flower predation of Cullenia exarillata (Bombacaceae) by arboreal vertebrates in Western Ghats, India. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13: 459-468.
15. Gautier-Hion, A. & F. Maisels. 1994. Mutualism between a leguminous tree and large African monkeys as pollinators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34: 203-210.
16. Grünmeier, R. 1990. Pollination by bats and non-flying mammals of the African tree Parkia bicolor (Mimo-saceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 55: 83-104.
17. Happel, R. 1983. Saimiri as a probable pollinator of Passi-flora. Brenesia 21: 455-456.
18. Hemingway, C-A. & N. Bynum. 2005. The influence of seasonality on primate diet and ranging. Pp 57-104 in Brockman, D.K & C.P. van Schaik (eds.). Seasonality in primates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
19. Heymann, E.W. & F. von der Lage. 2009. Non-invasive measuring of operational tongue length in callitrichids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 139: 430-433.
20. Howell, D.J., & N. Hodgkin. 1976. Feeding adaptations in the hairs and tongues of nectar-feeding bats. Journal of Morphology 148: 329-336.
21. Irwin, M.T. 2007. Diademed sifakas {Propithecus diadema) use olfaction to forage for the inflorescences of subterranean parasitic plants (Balanophoraceae: Langsdorffia sp., and Cytinaceae: Cytinus sp.). American Journal of Primatology 69: 471-476. (Pubitemid 46524771)
22. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group. 2010. Global primate biodiversity, http://www.primate-sg.org/diversity.htm [accessed 19 May 2010].
23. Jacobs, G.H. 2002. Progress toward understanding the evolution of primate color vision. Evolutionary Anthropology 11 suppl. 1: 132-135.
24. Janson, C.H., Terborgh, J. & L. Emmons. 1981. Non-flying mammals as pollinating agents in the Amazonian forest. Biotropica 13 (suppl.): 1-6.
25. Jones, C.B. 1983. Do howler monkeys feed upon legume flowers preferentially at flower opening time? Brenesia 21:41-46.
26. Kappeler, P. & E.W. Heymann. 1996. Nonconvergence in the evolution of primate life history and socio-ecology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59: 297-326.
27. Knogge, C. & Heymann, E.W. 2003. Seed dispersal by sympatric tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinusjus-cicollis: diversity and characteristics of plant species. Folia Primatologica 74: 33-47. (Pubitemid 36658873)
28. Kress, W. 1993. Coevolution of plants and animals: pollination of flowers by primates in Madagascar. Current Science 65: 253-257.
29. Kress, W, Schatz, G.E., Andrianifahanana, M. & H.S. Morland. 1994. Pollination of Ravemla madagascariensis (Strelitzicaceae) by lemurs in Madagascar: evidence for an archaic coevolutionary system? American Journal of Botany 81:542-551. (Pubitemid 2087229)
30. Marín Gómez, O.H. 2008. Consumo de nétar por Aotus lemurinus y su rol como posible polinizador de las flores de Inga edulis (Fabales: Mimosoideae). Neotropical Primates 15:30-32.
31. Martin, R.D. 1990. Primate origins and evolution. Chapman and Hall, London.
32. Meier, B. & R. Albignac. 1991. Rediscovery of Allocebus trichotis Günther 1875 (Primates) in northwestern Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 56: 57-63.
33. Mori, S.A., Prance, G.T. & A.B. Bolten. 1978. Additional notes on the floral biology of neotropical Lecythidaceae. Britonia 30: 113-130.
34. Muchlinski, M. 2002. Anatomical correlates to nectar feeding among the strepsirhines of Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology suppl 34: 115.
35. Muchlinski, M. 2004. Using SEM to qualitatively identify structural differences in the hairs of nectar-feeding prosimians. American Journal of Physical Anthropology suppl. 38: 149-150.
36. Nicolson, S.W. 2007. Nectar consumers. Pp. 289-342 in Nicolson, S.W., Nepi, M. & E. Pacini (eds.). Nectaries and nectar. Springer, New York.
37. Nicolson, S.W. & R.W. Thornburg. 2007. Nectar chemistry. Pp. 215-264 in Nicolson, S.W., Nepi, M. & E. Pacini (eds.). Nectaries and nectar. Springer, New York.
38. Nilsson, L., Rabakonandrianina, E., Petterson, B. & R. Gruenmeier. 1993. Lemur pollination in the Malagasy rainforest liana Strongylodon craveniae (Leguminosae). Evolutionary Trends in Plants 7: 49-56. (Pubitemid 2018267)
39. Oppenheimer, J.R. 1977. Forest structure and its relation to activity of the capuchin monkey (Cebus). Pp. 74-84 in Prasad, M.R.N. & T.C. Anand Kumar (eds.). Use of non-human primates in biomedical research. Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
40. Overdorff, D. 1992. Differential patterns in flower feeding by Eulemur fulvus rufus and Eulemur rubriventer in Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 28: 191-203.
41. Passos, EC. & Kim, A.C. 1999. Nectar feeding on Mabea fistulifera Mart. (Euphorbiaceae) by black lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysopygus Mikan, 1823 (Callitrichidae), during the dry season in southeastern Brazil. Mammalia 63: 519-521. (Pubitemid 30343459)
42. Pellmyr, O. 2002. Pollination by animals. Pp. 157-184 in Herrera, CM. & O. Pellmyr (eds.). Plant-animal interactions. An evolutionary approach. Blackwell, Oxford.
43. Powzyk, J.A. & C.B. Mowry. 2003. Dietary and feeding differences between sympatric Propithecus diadema diadema and Indri indri. International Journal of Primatology 24: 1143-1162. (Pubitemid 38042986)
44. Prance, G. 1980. A note on the probable pollination of Combretum by Cebus monkeys. Biotropica 12: 239.
45. Raju, A.J.S., Rao, S.P. & K. Rangaiah. 2005. Pollination by bats and birds in the obligate outcrosser Bombax ceiba L. (Bombacaceae), a tropical dry season flowering tree species in the Eastern Ghats forests of India. Ornithological Science 4: 81-87.
46. Riba-Hernindez, P. & K.E. Stoner. 2005. Massive destruction of Symphonia globulifera (Clusiaceae) flowers by Central American spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Biotropica 37: 274-278. (Pubitemid 40802332)
47. Richard, A.E 1985. Primates in nature. Freeman and Company, New York.
48. Skead, C.J. 1967. The sunbirds of Southern Africa. South African Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
49. Smith, A.C. 1997. Comparative ecology of saddleback (Saguinus fuscicollis) and moustached (Saguinus mystax) tamarins. Doctoral dissertation. University of Reading, Reading.
50. Smith, R.F. & W.L. Jungers. 1997. Body mass in comparative primatology. Journal of Human Evolution 32: 523-559.
51. Steiner, K.E. 1981. Nectarivory and potential pollination by a neotropical marsupial. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 68: 505-513.
52. Strier, K.B. 2007. Primate behavioral ecology, 3rd ed. Allyn and Bacon, Boston.
53. Struhsaker, T.T. 2010. The red colobus monkeys. Variation in demography, behavior and ecology of endangered species. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
54. Sussman, R.W. 1978. Nectar-feeding by prosimians and its evolutionary and ecological implications. Pp. 119-125 in Chivers, D.J. & K.A. Joysey (eds.). Recent advances in primatology 3: Evolution. Academic Press, London.
55. Sussman, R.W. & I. Tattersall. 1976. Cycles of activity, group composition, and diet of Lemur mongoz mongoz Linnaeus 1766 in Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 26: 270-283.
56. Sussman, R.W. & P.H. Raven. 1978. Pollination by lemurs and marsupials: an archaic coevolutionary system. Science 200: 731-736. (Pubitemid 8405966)
57. Symes, C.A. & S.W. Nicolson. 2008. Production of copious dilute nectar in the bird-pollinated African succulent Aloe marlothii (Asphodelaceae). South African Journal of Botany 74: 598-605.
58. Terborgh, J. 1983. Five New World primates. A study in comparative ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
59. Terborgh, J. 1992. Diversity and the tropical rain forest. Scientific American Library, New York.
60. Terborgh, J. & M. Stern. 1987. The surreptitious life of the saddle-backed tamarin. American Scientist 75: 260-269.
61. Torres de Assumpção, C. 1981. Cebus apella and Bracbyteles arachnoides (Cebidae) as potential pollinators of Mabea fistulifera (Euphorbiaceae). Journal of Mammalogy 62: 386-388.
62. Waser, P. 1977. Feeding, ranging and group size in the mangabey, Cercocebus albigena. Pp. 183-222 in Clut-ton-Brock, T.H. (ed.). Primate ecology. Studies of feeding and ranging behaviour in lemurs, monkeys and apes. Academic Press, London.
63. Wiens, E, Zitzmann, A., & N-A. Hussein. 2006. Fast food for slow Iorises: is low metabolism related to secondary compounds in high-energy plant diet? Journal of Mammalogy 87: 790-798. (Pubitemid 44353356)
64. Wright, P.C. & L.B. Martin 1995. Predation, pollination and torpor in two nocturnal prosimians: Cheirogaleus major and Microcebus rufus in the rain forest of Madagascar. Pp. 45-60 in Alterman, L., Doyle, G.A. & M.K. Izard (eds.). Creatures of the dark: the nocturnal prosimians. Plenum Press, New York.