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Qihai Zhou
Animal Ecology
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Maternal parity influences the birth sex ratio and birth interval of captive Francois’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)
The age and parity of female primates could reflect their physical condition and reproductive experience. Consequently, the individual age-parity dependent condition of mothers and the survival of their offspr...
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Effect of habitat fragmentation on ranging behavior of white-headed langurs in limestone forests in Southwest China
The critically endangered white-headed langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) is confined to fragmented karst forests of southwest Guangxi Province, China. A lack of information on the influence of habitat fragmen...
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Forest seasonality shapes diet of limestone-living rhesus macaques at Nonggang, China
Limestone forests are an unusual habitat for primates, but little information is available for the genus Macaca in such habitats, making a comparative understanding of extant limestone primates’ behavioral adapta...
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Factors Influencing Positional Behavior and Habitat Use of Sympatric Macaques in the Limestone Habitat of Nonggang, China
Information on the positional behavior and habitat use of primates can help elucidate relationships among species’ morphology, behavior, and environment, and contribute to our understanding of species’ behavio...
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Niche separation of sympatric macaques, Macaca assamensis and M. mulatta, in limestone habitats of Nonggang, China
Comparative studies of sympatric species are essential in understanding those species’ behavioral and ecological adaptations as well as the mechanisms that can reduce resource competition enough to allow coexi...
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Factors Affecting the Ranging Behavior of White-headed Langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus)
Ranging behavior is an important aspect of animal behavior that researchers use to investigate ecological influences on individual behavior. We studied the influence of diet, water resources, and slee** site...
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Factors Influencing Interannual and Intersite Variability in the Diet of Trachypithecus francoisi
Comparative studies of the diet of the same species in different habitats, and over the long term, are essential to understanding a species’ behavioral and ecological plasticity. Moreover, such studies can hel...
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Ranging behavior of the François’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) in the Fusui Nature Reserve, China
Data on activity budgets and ranging patterns were collected from March to December 2001 for one group of François’ langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) inhabiting a forested part of the Fusui Nature Reserve, Guang...
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Seasonal Variation in the Activity Patterns and Time Budgets of Trachypithecus francoisi in the Nonggang Nature Reserve, China
Activity patterns and time budgets are 2 important aspects of animal behavior that researchers use to investigate ecological influences on individual behavior. We collected data on activity patterns and time b...
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Diet and Food Choice of Trachypithecus francoisi in the Nonggang Nature Reserve, China
We studied the diet and food choice of 1 group of François’ langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) from August 2003 to July 2004 in the Nonggang Nature Reserve, Guangxi province, China. The langurs consumed 90 plant ...
