The relationship between frugivory and insectivory in primates

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1984 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Primates, volume 25, pages 433-440 (issn: 0032-8332, eissn: 1610-7365,

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Authors: Kent H. Redford; Gustavo A. Bouchardet da Fonseca; Thomas E. Lacher;

doi: 10.1007/bf02381666

The relationship between frugivory and insectivory in primates

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Fruit and insects are two of the major components of primate diets. Previous investigators have often assumed that the consumption of fruit by primates was unassociated with the consumption of insects. We contend that much of what has been termed fruit-eating by primates involves a significant and deliberate ingestion of insects. The implications of this are discussed.

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