Abstract
Macaca nemestrina andM. fascicularis coexist through much of their geographic ranges in Southeast Asia, but locally they segregate into drier hilly terrain and wetter alluvial riverine terrain respectively. SinceM. fascicularis travel arboraally andM. nemestrina, travel terrestrially, structural characteristics of habitats on the two different substrates may explain local segregation of these two species. This paper reports measures comparing habitat structure ofM. fascicularis fascicularis andM. nemestrina nemestrina at the Mentoko site in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Results show that (1) ground cover is thicker; (2) there are fewer gaps in the canopy; and (3) the foliage of the canopy is more dense in habitat occupied by arborealM. f. fascicularis than in habitat occupied byM. n. nemestrina. These differences in habitat structure appear to explain segregation of the two species at the Mentoko. Similar differences in habitat may permit coexistence of the two species throughout their geographical ranges.
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Rodman, P.S. Structural differentiation of microhabitats of sympatricmacaca fascicularis andM. nemestrina in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. International Journal of Primatology 12, 357–375 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02547617
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