Nutritional Importance of a Liana Species for a Population of Bornean Orangutans
Despite its high energy and protein content, Bowringia is a nutritionally imbalanced food. Fallback food quality should thus be evaluated based on the ability to bring an animal toward its nutritional goal rather than nutrient density. We propose that orangutans are preadapted to falling back on protein-dense foods and the great abundance of Bowringia has contributed to the high population density of orangutans at Tuanan.
Authors
- Erin R. Vogel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-5423)
- Sri Suci Utami Atmoko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5550-8344)
- William D. Aguado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9977-7500)
- Kristana Parinters Makur
- Astri Zulfa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7001-1587)
- Maria A. van Noordwijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9633-0845)
- Timothy D. Bransford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7750-0228)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (DE)
- Nasional University (ID)
- Eckerd College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70042
- Primary Topic
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- United States Agency for International Development
- Leakey Foundation
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Universität Zürich