Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 17 2008 | By: samburumonkeys
From mongabay.com September 15, 2008
Primate conservation may have the unintended benefit of enhancing food availability to humans, reports a study led by African scientists. The research, conducted in the Taï region of Côte-d’Ivoire, found that seven species of monkeys used about 75 species of plants as a source of fruit, of which 25 were also used by local human inhabitants for various purposes. Because monkeys are key seed dispersal agents, the results suggest that primate conservation may sustain the persistence of plant resources important for human livelihoods. Read more….
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