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Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia
Logging and forest loss continues to be a major problem within Southeast Asia and as a result, many species are becoming threatened or extinct. The present study provides the first detailed and comprehensive ecological data on the Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu), a primate species living exclusively...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-137 |
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author | Richter, Christin Taufiq, Ahmad Hodges, Keith Ostner, Julia Schülke, Oliver |
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description | Logging and forest loss continues to be a major problem within Southeast Asia and as a result, many species are becoming threatened or extinct. The present study provides the first detailed and comprehensive ecological data on the Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu), a primate species living exclusively on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra. Our results show that M. siberu is ecologically similar to its closest relative M. nemestrina occurring on the mainland, both species being semi-terrestrial, mainly frugivorous (75-76%), exhibit a large daily travel distance for their group size and spend more time on traveling than any other macaque species. The habitat of Siberut macaques was floristically very diverse (Simpson’s index D=0.97), although somewhat impoverished in tree species richness, and had a lower tree basal area and a lower rattan density compared to other forests in Malesia (both rattan and palm tree fruit being an important food resource for Macaca siberu due to their long fruiting periods). These factors may lead to a lower diversity and abundance of fruit resources, and coupled with a high degree of frugivory of Siberut macaques, may explain the large amount of traveling observed in this species. The large home range requirements and strong dependence on fruit are important factors that need to be considered when developing conservation measures for this IUCN-listed (Category Vulnerable) species. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-137) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-36639922013-05-28 Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia Richter, Christin Taufiq, Ahmad Hodges, Keith Ostner, Julia Schülke, Oliver Springerplus Research Logging and forest loss continues to be a major problem within Southeast Asia and as a result, many species are becoming threatened or extinct. The present study provides the first detailed and comprehensive ecological data on the Siberut macaque (Macaca siberu), a primate species living exclusively on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra. Our results show that M. siberu is ecologically similar to its closest relative M. nemestrina occurring on the mainland, both species being semi-terrestrial, mainly frugivorous (75-76%), exhibit a large daily travel distance for their group size and spend more time on traveling than any other macaque species. The habitat of Siberut macaques was floristically very diverse (Simpson’s index D=0.97), although somewhat impoverished in tree species richness, and had a lower tree basal area and a lower rattan density compared to other forests in Malesia (both rattan and palm tree fruit being an important food resource for Macaca siberu due to their long fruiting periods). These factors may lead to a lower diversity and abundance of fruit resources, and coupled with a high degree of frugivory of Siberut macaques, may explain the large amount of traveling observed in this species. The large home range requirements and strong dependence on fruit are important factors that need to be considered when developing conservation measures for this IUCN-listed (Category Vulnerable) species. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-137) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer International Publishing 2013-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3663992/ /pubmed/23724365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-137 Text en © Richter et al.; licensee Springer. 2013 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Richter, Christin Taufiq, Ahmad Hodges, Keith Ostner, Julia Schülke, Oliver Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title | Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title_full | Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title_fullStr | Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title_full_unstemmed | Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title_short | Ecology of an endemic primate species (Macaca siberu) on Siberut Island, Indonesia |
title_sort | ecology of an endemic primate species (macaca siberu) on siberut island, indonesia |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-137 |
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