Primate ecology and social organization
Abstract
Estimates of body weight, group size, home range size, day range length, socionomic sex ratio and sexual dimorphism are compared between 100 primate species, allocated to seven ecological categories. As would be predicted on energetic grounds, home range size and day range length are positively related to group weight and are greater in frugivores than in folivores; population density is negatively related to body weight; and group size is positively related to body weight. The adaptive significance of Variation in body size, sexual dimorphism and socionomic sex ratio is also discussed.
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The fact that species cannot be considered independent data points was first recognized in the 1970s by evolutionary biologists studying the evolution of life history traits such as sexual dimorphism and home range in primates.
“The fact that species cannot be considered independent data points was first recognized in the 1970s by evolutionary biologists studying the evolution of life history traits such as sexual dimorphism and home range in primates16,18,30–32.”
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- Authors
- Clutton‐Brock, T. H., & Harvey, P. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Sussex (GB)
- ORCID
- Harvey, Paul H.
- Venue
- Journal of Zoology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1977-09
- Volume
- 183
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-39
- ISSN
- 0952-8369 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7998
- OpenAlex
- W2111082447
- Cited by
- 978
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 29
- FWCI
- 19.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
- RCIN (Digital Repository of the Scientifics Institutes) (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- primate ecology, primate social organization, body weight, group size, home range size, sexual dimorphism, population density, frugivory, folivory, body size variation, energetic constraints
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