Worldwide savanna monkey (Chlorocebus spp.) body measures ...

Objectives: Direct comparative work in morphology and growth on widely dispersed wild primate taxa is rarely accomplished, yet critical to understanding ecogeographic variation, plastic local varia- tion in response to human impacts, and variation in patterns of growth and sexual dimorphism. We investigated population variation in morphology and growth in response to geographic variables (i.e., latitude, altitude), climatic variables (i.e., temperature and rainfall), and human impacts in the vervet monkey ( Chlorocebus spp.). Methods: We trapped over 1,600 wild vervets from across Sub-Saharan... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Schmitt, Christopher A.
Turner, Trudy R.
Danzy Cramer, Jennifer
Lorenz, Joseph
Grobler, J. Paul
Jolly, Clifford J.
Freimer, Nelson B.
Dokumenttyp: SoftwareSourceCode
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: Zenodo
Schlagwörter: Chlorocebus / Chlorocebus aethiops / Chlorocebus pygerythrus / Chlorocebus sabaeus / growth / life history / Vervet Monkey / African green monkey / Grivet / Bergmann's rule / Allen's rule / Rensch's Rule / Chlorocebus hilgerti
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29268671
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5482065

Objectives: Direct comparative work in morphology and growth on widely dispersed wild primate taxa is rarely accomplished, yet critical to understanding ecogeographic variation, plastic local varia- tion in response to human impacts, and variation in patterns of growth and sexual dimorphism. We investigated population variation in morphology and growth in response to geographic variables (i.e., latitude, altitude), climatic variables (i.e., temperature and rainfall), and human impacts in the vervet monkey ( Chlorocebus spp.). Methods: We trapped over 1,600 wild vervets from across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, and compared measurements of body mass, body length, and relative thigh, leg, and foot length in four well-represented geographic samples: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and St. Kitts & Nevis. Results: We found significant variation in body mass and length consistent with Bergmann's Rule in adult females, and in adult males when excluding the St. Kitts & Nevis population, which was more ... : Along with the ReadMe file (in Excel format), which describes all variables in the dataset, there is also an html file with R code used for analyses in the publication which will be uploaded to accompany the dataset. Funding provided by: National Science Foundation Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Award Number: BCS 0938969Funding provided by: National Science Foundation Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Award Number: BNS 770-3322Funding provided by: National Science Foundation Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Award Number: SOC 74-24166Funding provided by: National Institutes of Health Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002 Award Number: R01RR0163009Funding provided by: National Institutes of Health Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002 Award Number: R01OD010980Funding provided by: NSF Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Award ...