How Primates Eat

Joanna E. Lambert is an evolutionary biologist and professor of animal ecology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she directs the American Canid Project. Margaret A. H. Bryer is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jessica M. Rothman is professor of anthropology at Hunter College, where she leads the Wildlife Ecology and Nutrition Project and Wildlife Nutritional Ecology Lab.

“This work absolutely is essential for graduate training in primatology. More broadly, because primate diets and ecology are better understood than those of any other mammalian order, the findings are relevant to understanding the feeding ecology of Mammalia. As a professional, I will have a copy on my shelf and will consult it often. This is one of the best and most tightly themed science books I have seen. It will be cited repeatedly and will be a gateway for the study of primate dietary ecology.”

• Foreword T. H. Clutton-BrockPreface Joanna E. Lambert, Margaret A. H. Bryer, and Jessica M. RothmanIntroduction: From Diets to Disturbance: The Evolution of Primate Feeding Studies David J. Chivers and Kim R. McConkeyPart I. Finding, Building, and Using a DietChapter 1: The Role of Macro- and Micronutrients in Primate Food Choice Annika Felton and Joanna E. LambertChapter 2: What Extant Primates Eat: A Global Survey Joseph E. Hawes, Carlos A. Peres, and Andrew C. SmithChapter 3: The First Diet: Mother’s Milk Katie Hinde, Lauren A. Milligan, and Gregory E. BlomquistChapter 4: Diet and the Energetics of Reproduction Melissa Emery ThompsonChapter 5: Primate Energy Requirements: Brains, Babies, or Behavior? Alexandra R. DeCasien, Mary H. Brown, Stephen R. Ross, and Herman PontzerChapter 6: Primate Senses: Finding and Evaluating Food Amanda D. Melin and Carrie C. VeilleuxChapter 7: Seasonality in Food Availability and Energy Intake Cheryl D. Knott and Andrea L. DiGiorgioPart II. Nutrients, Nutrition, and Food ProcessingChapter 8: Enzymes and Microbes of the Mammalian Gut: Toward an Integrated Understanding of Digestion Joanna E. Lambert, Richard Mutegeki, and Katherine R. AmatoChapter 9: Secondary Compounds in Primate Foods: Time for New Approaches Eleanor M. Stalenberg, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, and William J. FoleyChapter 10: Hormonally Active Phytochemicals in Primate Diets: Prevalence across the Order Michael Wasserman, Marie-Lyne Després-Einspenner, Richard Mutegeki, and Tessa SteinicheChapter 11: Nutrition and Immune Function in Primates Erin R. Vogel, Astri Zulfa, Sri Suci Utami Atmoko, and Lyle L. MoldawerChapter 12: Nutrition and Primate Life History Carola Borries and Andreas KoenigPart III. Food Acquisition and Nutrition in Social EnvironmentsChapter 13: Social Food Competition, Then and Now Charles H. JansonChapter 14: Applying a Framework of Social Nutrition to Primate Behavioral Ecology Margaret A. H. Bryer and Moreen UwimbabaziChapter 15: Primate Cognitive Ecology: Challenges and Solutions to Locating and Acquiring Resources in Social Foragers Paul A. GarberChapter 16: Feeding-Related Tool Use in Primates: S Systematic Overview Jill D. Pruetz, Landing Badji, Stephanie L. Bogart, Stacy M. Lindshield, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, and Kristina R. WalkupChapter 17: Hunting by Primates David WattsChapter 18: Movement Ecology and Feeding Neighborhoods Margaret C. Crofoot and Shauhin E. AlaviChapter 19: Foraging in a Landscape of Fear Russell HillChapter 20: Behavioral Flexibility and Diet A. J. Hardie and Karen B. StrierPart IV. Methods, Practice, and ApplicationChapter 21: Measuring Food in the Field Eckhard W. HeymannChapter 22: Wild Plant Food Chemistry Nancy Lou Conklin-BrittainChapter 23: Evaluating Primate Diets with Stable Isotopes Matt Sponheimer and Brooke CrowleyChapter 24: Mechanical Properties of Primate Foods Adam van Casteren and Peter LucasChapter 25: Modeling Primate Nutrition David RaubenheimerChapter 26: Reconstructing Fossil Primate Diets: Dental-Dietary Adaptations and Foodprints for Thought Peter S. UngarChapter 27: Food and Primate Carrying Capacity Andrew J. MarshallChapter 28: Climate Change and Primate Nutritional Ecology Jessica M. Rothman, John B. Makombo, and Mitchell T. IrwinChapter 29: Primate Foraging Strategies Modulate Responses to Anthropogenic Change and Thus Primate Conservation Colin A. Chapman, Kim Valenta, Fabiola Espinosa-Gómez, Amélie Corriveau, and Sarah BortolamiolAfterword Alison RichardAcknowledgments Literature Cited List of Contributors Index