By Colin Groves (auth.), Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher, Hugh Notman, James D. Paterson, Vernon Reynolds (eds.)
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Guerczci to thrive on a small number of tree species and subsist on mature leaves throughout periods of seasonal shortage. Onderdonk and Chapman (2000) found that within a number of small forest fragments surrounding the Kibale forest, guereza "maintained" its monotonous diet even though the actual plant species that comprised the diet differed across sites. This suggests that monotony is a key dietary adaptation that is modulated in response to ecological conditions. For example monotony may help to de- Table 6.
Nevertheless, within these habitats, choice of leaf material should be strongly influenced by its distribution. Wrangham (1980) proposes that during a "subsistence diet," leaves should be selected from ubiquitous resources that occur in large (defensible) scattered clumps that can easily satiate the needs of the group, or, if small in size (such as lianas), be widely dispersed (see also van Schaik, 1989). Previous research has shown that leaves are not selected on the basis of abundance; rather, the most preferred leaves are often taken from "rare" tree or liana species (C.
Guereza typically spend a greater proportion of their time resting in comparison to other colobine species (typically >50%). For example, red colobus typically spend more time traveling and feeding and less time resting than guereza groups (Table 5). Measures of monthly dietary diversity are typically higher for red colobus and it is generally considered that their diet is more consistently of a higher quality (Struhsaker & Oates, 1979). This is a strong indication that there is a trade-off linking factors of food quality and its distribution with the expenditure of time and energy in procuring and handling food resources (see also Milton, 1980).