Golden snub-nosed monkeys adjust
nutrient intake in winter
Date: June 8, 2018
Source: University of Sydney
University of Sydney researchers
have found monkeys living in the wild in cold snowy habitats adjust their
nutrient intake to match the elevated costs of thermoregulation.
China's Quinling mountains, high
altitude temperate forests where winter temperatures commonly drop below 0
degrees Celsius and approximately 50 cm of snow covers the ground for several
weeks in the winter, was the location of the study.
Published in Functional
Ecology, the researchers analysed the nutritional content of all foods the
monkeys consumed in order to calculate the nutrient composition of the monkeys'
diets, and then assessed the additional energy the monkeys used to regulate
their temperature in winter compared with spring.
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