The Importance of Fallback Foods in Primate Ecology and Evolution
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Abstract
The role of fallback foods in shaping primate ranging, socioecology, and morphology has recently become a topic of particular interest to biological anthropologists. Although the use of fallback resources has been noted in the ecological and primatological literature for a number of decades, few attempts have been made to define fallback foods or to explore the utility of this concept for primate evolutionary biologists and ecologists. As a preface to this special issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology devoted to the topic of fallback foods in primate ecology and evolution, we discuss the development and use of the fallback concept and highlight its importance in primatology and paleoanthropology.
DOI
10.1002/ajpa.20978
Publication Date
12-2009
Keywords
Diet, keystone, niche
ISSN
1096-8644
Recommended Citation
Constantino P, Wright B. The Importance of Fallback Foods in Primate Ecology and Evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2009; 140(4). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20978.
