Basal metabolic rates in primates—the possible role of phylogenetic and ecological factors

Müller, Ewald F

doi:10.1016/0300-9629(85)90902-8

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“…Lemurs seem to do this through seasonal changes in behaviour (reviewed by Wright 1999) and on a physiological level through a seasonal reduction of their metabolic rate. Apart from their low metabolic rates in general (Müller 1985), all lemur species studied so far reduce their metabolic rate during months that correspond to the lean season in Madagascar, possibly entering a state that has been coined "walking torpor" (Pereira 1993). In Microcebus spp., Lemur catta and Eulemur fulvus this change in metabolic rate is triggered by changes in the photoperiod (Petter-Rousseaux 1980;Pereira 1993;Pereira et al 1999;Schmid 2000;Perret and Aujard 2001;Wrogemann et al 2001).…”

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Distribution of a folivorous lemur in relation to seasonally varying food resources: integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of food characteristics

Ganzhorn

2002

Oecologia

116

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The goal of this study was to assess the relative importance of food availability and its quality for the spatial distribution of a folivorous lemur species, Lepilemur ruficaudatus, from the highly seasonal dry deciduous forest of Madagascar. Males and females of this species showed opposite changes of body mass and body condition during the dry and the wet season. Male body mass declined during the dry season that coincides with mating, while female body mass remained constant. During the wet season that coincides with lactation, female body mass declined but male body mass increased. This indicates that changes in body mass are not linked as much to environmental seasonality as to mating and reproduction. The distribution of L. ruficaudatus was most significantly related to the spatial distribution of leaf protein during the wet season. Neither the availability nor the chemical composition of leaves eaten during the dry season affected the spatial distribution of L. ruficaudatus. These findings are consistent with hypotheses that constraints are most severe during the times of lactation and weaning and that distributions of primates reflect their food requirements in order to optimize their reproductive success. They are inconsistent with the idea that the lean dry season is the most stressful time of year for lemurs in energetic or nutritive terms.

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Distribution of a folivorous lemur in relation to seasonally varying food resources: integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of food characteristics

Ganzhorn

2002

Oecologia

116

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“…His finding that BMR is proportional to the 0.75 power of body weight has since been confirmed by studies that include a larger number of species [2]. Although the functional reasons for this scaling relationship are unclear, it most prob ably arises out of a physiological and/or me-Recently, there has been considerable dis cussion of whether a mammal's ecology, and in particular its diet, can be used to predict its relative BMR [4][5][6][7], This has been questioned specifically for primates by Müller [8,9] Kur land and Pearson [10] and McNab and Wright [11], Another theory suggests that a low relative BMR is associated with nocturnal behaviour [12][13][14], This paper attempts to look more closely at these ideas, paying par ticular attention to the problems that might arise when inappropriate data or methods are used.…”

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“…The low relative BMR of 2 monkey spe cies, as compared to the generally 'normal' metabolic rate of most monkeys and apes, has led Müller [9] to suggest that a low relative BMR is not a primitive mammalian charac teristic. Müller suggests that the low relative BMRs of two haplorhine species, the blackand-white colobus (C. guereza) and the owl monkey (A. trivirgalus), may be a derived characteristic.…”

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Basal Metabolic Rate, Body Weight and Diet in Primates: An Evaluation of the Evidence

Ross¹

1992

IJFP

124

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The relationship between basal metabolic rate (BMR), body weight and diet is examined for primates. Contrary to the results reported in several recent works, there is no strong evidence that diet is directly linked to BMR, although a low BMR, relative to body weight, may be found in species with folivorous diets. There is some evidence that nocturnal haplorhine species have a relatively low BMR, but strepsirhines appear to have a uniformly low relative BMR regardless of their primary activity period. The evolution of BMR in primates is discussed in the light of these findings. Some predictions are made about the relative BMRs that should be found for other species whose BMR is, as yet, unknown.

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“…bats [Brunet-Rossini and Austad, 2004;Wilkinson and South, 2002]), predicts that animals with a low basal metabolic rate are long-lived. The basal metabolic rates of prosimians have been consistently found to be lower than those of anthropoid primates and lower than those predicted by the mass-dependent values of Kleiber and Rogers [1961] for eutherians [Müller, 1985]. Thus, it is reasonable to predict that lemurs have a relatively long lifespan.…”

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Lifespan and Reproductive Senescence in a Free-Ranging Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population at Berenty, Madagascar

Ichino¹,

Soma²,

Miyamoto³

et al. 2015

IJFP

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The lifespan and age-specific fecundity of female ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) were estimated from a 24-year longitudinal dataset based on individual identification at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. The mean lifespan of females in 10-year (1989-1998) birth cohorts was 4.9 ± 4.9 years (n = 77), and the longest recorded lifespan in the population was 20 years. The mortality rate of adult females increased to ≥20% at 10-11 years old and reached 33-50% at 12-15 years old. Although the birth rate of old females (12-17 years old) was 72.0%, slightly lower than that of prime adult females (4-11 years old), i.e. 80.2%, no significant difference was found between them. Half of the females who reached the age of 12 years gave birth in the last year of their life. The oldest mother to give birth was 17 years old. These results suggest that most females can maintain reproductive performance in their later life and that there is no evidence for a postreproductive lifespan in this species.

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Basal metabolic rates in primates—the possible role of phylogenetic and ecological factors

Cited by 64 publications

References 18 publications

Distribution of a folivorous lemur in relation to seasonally varying food resources: integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of food characteristics

Distribution of a folivorous lemur in relation to seasonally varying food resources: integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of food characteristics

Basal Metabolic Rate, Body Weight and Diet in Primates: An Evaluation of the Evidence

Lifespan and Reproductive Senescence in a Free-Ranging Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population at Berenty, Madagascar

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