Journal of Guangxi Normal University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 188-198.doi: 10.16088/j.issn.1001-6600.2021010702

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Effect of Various Nutrient Composition on Feeding Habit of Franois’Langur Trachypithecus francoisi

LIANG Buzhi1,2,3, LU Shiyi3, PENG Aihui3, ZENG Guichuan3, HUANG Zhonghao1,2,3*, LI Youbang1,2,3*   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University),Ministry of Education, Guilin Guangxi 541006, China;
    2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology (Guangxi Normal University), Guilin Guangxi 541006, China;
    3. College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin Guangxi 541006, China
  • Published:2022-08-05

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Abstract: Animals need various nutrients to satisfy their nutritional requirements, and their feeding strategies are affected by nutritional requirements. In order to study the relationship between nutrient contents and food choice of Franois’ langur Trachypithecus francoisi in limestone forest, from September, 2016 to August, 2017, the feeding behavior of langur in Guangxi West Daming Mountain Autonomous Region Nature Reserve was studied by instantaneous scanning sampling method, and it was divided into staple food and non-staple food according to the proportion of feeding time. Nutritional contents included water, crude protein, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and minerals (Zn, Ca, K, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn). The results indicated that there are 23 species of food, including 9 staple food and 14 non-staple food, with feeding proportion ranged from 0.02% to 6.81%. In young leaves, the contents of K, Mg, Mn, NDF and ADF were significantly different between staple food species and unstaple food species, but there were no significant difference among other nutrient elements in young leaves. In mature leaves, the contents of Cu, Mg and Mn of staple food species were higher than that of non-staple food species, but there was no significant difference among other nutrient elements in mature leaves. The generalized linear model (GLM) showed that Mg, NDF and water content had significant effects on the Franois’ langur feeding proportion. The Model averaging further indicated that the contents of the two nutritional components, Mg, and water, jointly determined the food choice of Franois’ langur.

Key words: limestone forest, Trachypithecus francoisi, nutrient contents, food choice, nutritional ecology

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