caa a22 4500 475768752 CHVBK 20180406123614.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005454317333 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005454317333 Lehman Shawn Department of Anthropology, and Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, SUNY-Stony Brook, 11794-4364, Stony Brook, New York aut Primate Community Structure in Guyana: A Biogeographic Analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Shawn Lehman] Studies of primate community structure increase our understanding of behavior, adaptation, and evolution. However, there are few biogeographic data on specific composition and association patterns in primate communities. I conducted a biogeographic analysis of the community structure of primate species at 16 sites in Guyana. I used data from 1725 km of line-transect censuses to determine specific composition and association patterns of 220 primate groups . Of the 18 polyspecific groups, 94.1% (N = 16) included squirrel monkeys. There was an overall trend towards positive specific associations among Guyanese primates. The only species that exhibited a negative pattern of interspecific associations were brown and wedge-capped capuchins. The sighting rate for wedge-capped capuchins at sympatric sites was particularly depressed compared to that for brown capuchins. Low plant productivity in Guyanese forests may reduce the diversity of feeding niches and result in a low incidence of polyspecific associations and scramble competition between wedge-capped and brown capuchins. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 community structure nationallicence biogeography nationallicence specific composition nationallicence surveys nationallicence association patterns nationallicence Guyana nationallicence International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(2000-06-01), 333-351 0164-0291 21:3<333 2000 21 10764 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005454317333 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005454317333 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Lehman Shawn Department of Anthropology, and Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, SUNY-Stony Brook, 11794-4364, Stony Brook, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(2000-06-01), 333-351 0164-0291 21:3<333 2000 21 10764 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer