caa a22 4500 47576885X CHVBK 20180406123614.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005517421510 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005517421510 Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Captive Spider Monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi [Elektronische Daten] [Matthias Laska, Laura Hernandez Salazar, Ernesto Rodriguez Luna] We assessed the occurrence of food preferences in captive spider monkeys and analyzed whether their preferences correlate with nutrient composition. Using a two-alternative choice test, we repeatedly presented 7 Ateles geoffroyi with all possible binary combinations of 12 types of food that are part of their diet in captivity. They exhibited the following rank order of preference: avocado > sapodilla > pineapple > mango > papaya > melon > banana > apple > tomato > orange > carrot > cucumber. Correlational analyses revealed that this preference ranking is significantly positively correlated with total energy content, irrespective of the source of energy as neither total carbohydrate content nor protein or lipid content is significantly correlated with food preference. Further, food preferences are significantly negatively correlated with water content and positively correlated with the content of magnesium, copper and manganese. These results suggest that despite their high degree of frugivory and high taste sensitivity for soluble carbohydrates, spider monkeys are opportunistic feeders with regard to maximizing net gain of energy. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 food preferences nationallicence nutrient composition nationallicence frugivory nationallicence spider monkeys nationallicence Ateles geoffroyi nationallicence Laska Matthias Department of Medical Psychology, University of Munich, D-80336, Munich, Germany aut Hernandez Salazar Laura Instituto de Neuro-Etologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico aut Rodriguez Luna Ernesto Instituto de Neuro-Etologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico aut International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/4(2000-08-01), 671-683 0164-0291 21:4<671 2000 21 10764 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005517421510 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005517421510 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Laska Matthias Department of Medical Psychology, University of Munich, D-80336, Munich, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernandez Salazar Laura Instituto de Neuro-Etologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodriguez Luna Ernesto Instituto de Neuro-Etologia, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/4(2000-08-01), 671-683 0164-0291 21:4<671 2000 21 10764 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer