Nutritional benefits of Crematogaster mimosae ants and Acacia drepanolobium gum for patas monkeys and vervets in Laikipia, Kenya.

@article{Isbell2013NutritionalBO,
  title={Nutritional benefits of Crematogaster mimosae ants and Acacia drepanolobium gum for patas monkeys and vervets in Laikipia, Kenya.},
  author={Lynne A. Isbell and Jessica M. Rothman and Peter J. Young and Kathleen P. Rudolph},
  journal={American journal of physical anthropology},
  year={2013},
  volume={150 2},
  pages={
          286-300
        }
}
Patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) are midsized primates that feed extensively on the gum of Acacia drepanolobium and the ants are housed in swollen thorns of this Acacia. Their diet resembles that expected more of smaller bodied primates. Patas monkeys are also more like smaller bodied primates in reproducing at high rates. We sought to better understand the convergence of patas monkeys with smaller bodied primates by comparing their feeding behavior on ants and gum with that of closely… 
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