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Dietary and Nutritional Selections by Ecologically Diverse Lemurs in Nonnative Forests

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Foraging and nutritional data are available in the supplementary material.

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One or more of the authors on this paper self-identifies as an underrepresented ethnic minority. One or more of the authors on this paper self-identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the DLC research department for help with project logistics. We thank two anonymous reviewers and IJP editorial staff for constructive feedback. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation to LKG (DBI PRFB 1906416). This is Duke Lemur Center publication #1585.

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National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure, PRFB 1906416, Lydia Greene

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  1. Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Lydia K. Greene & Marina B. Blanco

  2. The Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Lydia K. Greene & Marina B. Blanco

  3. Department of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA

    Casey Farmer, Maire O’Malley, Chloé Gherardi & Mitchell T. Irwin

  4. Academic Advising Center, Duke University, 4 East Campus Union Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Lydia K. Greene

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LKG and MTI conceived of and designed the study. LKG collected behavioral data, and with CF collected plant samples. CF, MO, CG, and MTI analyzed plant samples. LKG performed statistical analysis with assistance from MBB and MTI. LKG, MBB, and MTI wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to the final version.

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Correspondence to Lydia K. Greene.

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Greene, L.K., Blanco, M.B., Farmer, C. et al. Dietary and Nutritional Selections by Ecologically Diverse Lemurs in Nonnative Forests. Int J Primatol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00428-4

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