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Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Comparative studies of subspecies under different ecological environments offer insights into intraspecies evolutionary adaptive mechanisms. Golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) include three subspecies in China classified mainly by their morphological variations: R. r. roxellana (Sic...

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Autores principales: Fang, Gu, Li, Man, Liu, Xiao-Jie, Guo, Wei-Jia, Jiang, Yu-Ting, Huang, Zhi-Pang, Tang, Shi-Yi, Li, Da-Yong, Yu, Ji, Jin, Tong, Liu, Xiao-Geng, Wang, Ji-Mei, Li, Sheng, Qi, Xiao-Guang, Li, Bao-Guo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30385788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34311-z
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author Fang, Gu
Li, Man
Liu, Xiao-Jie
Guo, Wei-Jia
Jiang, Yu-Ting
Huang, Zhi-Pang
Tang, Shi-Yi
Li, Da-Yong
Yu, Ji
Jin, Tong
Liu, Xiao-Geng
Wang, Ji-Mei
Li, Sheng
Qi, Xiao-Guang
Li, Bao-Guo
author_facet Fang, Gu
Li, Man
Liu, Xiao-Jie
Guo, Wei-Jia
Jiang, Yu-Ting
Huang, Zhi-Pang
Tang, Shi-Yi
Li, Da-Yong
Yu, Ji
Jin, Tong
Liu, Xiao-Geng
Wang, Ji-Mei
Li, Sheng
Qi, Xiao-Guang
Li, Bao-Guo
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description Comparative studies of subspecies under different ecological environments offer insights into intraspecies evolutionary adaptive mechanisms. Golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) include three subspecies in China classified mainly by their morphological variations: R. r. roxellana (Sichuan and Gansu province), R. r. qinlingensis (Shaanxi province) and R. r. hubeiensis (Hubei province). These three subspecies live in three isolated area with different environments. Past works focused on the last two subspecies, but little information of habitat and behaviors of the nominated subspecies (R. r. roxellana) is available to date. We conducted a two-year study on the diet, activity budget, home range and social organization of 4 herds of R. r. roxellana, based on a total of 106 days’ observation in Laohegou (LHG) Nature Reserve, Sichuan province. By using scan sampling method, our results suggest that the R. r roxellana feeds predominantly on leaves (77.5%), and spends more time feeding (40.0%) and resting (27.0%) while compared to the other two subspecies. Kernel Density Estimation Method based on GPS technology confirms that R. r roxellana has relatively larger home ranges (49.1 km(2)). The unit size (8.3 ± 3.5 individuals) of R. r roxellana is also smaller. Therefore, it is possible that differences in food availability in relation to habitats have important impacts on the feeding strategy and social system of the golden snub-nosed monkey. These results provide data to further explore intraspecific adaptations of living primates.
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spelling pubmed-62124422018-11-06 Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China Fang, Gu Li, Man Liu, Xiao-Jie Guo, Wei-Jia Jiang, Yu-Ting Huang, Zhi-Pang Tang, Shi-Yi Li, Da-Yong Yu, Ji Jin, Tong Liu, Xiao-Geng Wang, Ji-Mei Li, Sheng Qi, Xiao-Guang Li, Bao-Guo Sci Rep Article Comparative studies of subspecies under different ecological environments offer insights into intraspecies evolutionary adaptive mechanisms. Golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) include three subspecies in China classified mainly by their morphological variations: R. r. roxellana (Sichuan and Gansu province), R. r. qinlingensis (Shaanxi province) and R. r. hubeiensis (Hubei province). These three subspecies live in three isolated area with different environments. Past works focused on the last two subspecies, but little information of habitat and behaviors of the nominated subspecies (R. r. roxellana) is available to date. We conducted a two-year study on the diet, activity budget, home range and social organization of 4 herds of R. r. roxellana, based on a total of 106 days’ observation in Laohegou (LHG) Nature Reserve, Sichuan province. By using scan sampling method, our results suggest that the R. r roxellana feeds predominantly on leaves (77.5%), and spends more time feeding (40.0%) and resting (27.0%) while compared to the other two subspecies. Kernel Density Estimation Method based on GPS technology confirms that R. r roxellana has relatively larger home ranges (49.1 km(2)). The unit size (8.3 ± 3.5 individuals) of R. r roxellana is also smaller. Therefore, it is possible that differences in food availability in relation to habitats have important impacts on the feeding strategy and social system of the golden snub-nosed monkey. These results provide data to further explore intraspecific adaptations of living primates. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6212442/ /pubmed/30385788 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34311-z Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Fang, Gu
Li, Man
Liu, Xiao-Jie
Guo, Wei-Jia
Jiang, Yu-Ting
Huang, Zhi-Pang
Tang, Shi-Yi
Li, Da-Yong
Yu, Ji
Jin, Tong
Liu, Xiao-Geng
Wang, Ji-Mei
Li, Sheng
Qi, Xiao-Guang
Li, Bao-Guo
Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title_full Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title_fullStr Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title_short Preliminary report on Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at Laohegou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
title_sort preliminary report on sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana) at laohegou nature reserve, sichuan, china
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30385788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34311-z
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