5 Things You Wished You Knew About Blue Monkeys

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Title
5 Things You Wished You Knew About Blue Monkeys
Source
ZOOL 567, Fall 2021
Rights
https://piktochart.com/
Creator
Tadese, Eyerusalem
Description
My project is an infographic highlighting key aspects of blue monkey feeding and foraging behaviours, especially the use of cheek pouches.
References
Cords, M., & Chowdhury, S. (2010). Life history of Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni in the Kakamega forest, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology, 31(3), 433–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9405-7

Tweheyo, M., & Obua, J. (2001). Feeding habits of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), red-tail monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti) and blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanii) on figs in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 39(2), 133–139. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2028.2001.00290.x

Fairgrieve, C., & Muhumuza, G. (2003). Feeding ecology and dietary differences between blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni Matschie) groups in logged and unlogged forest, Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 41(2), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00407.x

Lambert, J. E. (2005). Competition, predation, and the evolutionary significance of the cercopithecine cheek pouch: The case of Cercopithecus and Lophocebus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 126(2), 183–192. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10440

Tesfaye, D., Fashing, P. J., Bekele, A., Mekonnen, A., & Atickem, A. (2013). Ecological flexibility in Boutourlini’s blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis boutourlinii) in Jibat forest, Ethiopia: A comparison of habitat use, ranging behavior, and diet in intact and fragmented forest. International Journal of Primatology, 34(3), 615–640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9684-x

Pazol, K., & Cords, M. (2005). Seasonal variation in feeding behavior, competition and female social relationships in a forest dwelling guenon, the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni), in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58(6), 566–577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0953-3

Smith, L. W., Link, A., & Cords, M. (2008). Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and feeding competition in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137(3), 334–341. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20879

Takahashi, M. Q., Rothman, J. M., Raubenheimer, D., & Cords, M. (2019). Dietary generalists and nutritional specialists: Feeding strategies of adult female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology, 81(7), e23016. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23016


Cords, M. (2012). The 30-year blues: What we know and don’t know about life history, group size, and group fission of blue monkeys in the Kakamega forest, Kenya. In P. M. Kappeler & D. P. Watts (Eds.), Long-Term Field Studies of Primates (pp. 289–311). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_13


Coleman, B. T., & Hill, R. A. (2014). Biogeographic variation in the diet and behaviour of Cercopithecus mitis. Folia Primatologica, 85(5), 319–334. https://doi.org/10.1159/000368895
Date
12/01/2021
Category
Feeding & Foraging
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