Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-11-31-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-11-31-2024
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14 Oct 2024
Short communication |  | 14 Oct 2024

Tree holes as a source of water for primate species in an Amazonian Forest fragment, northern Brazil

Luan Gabriel Araujo Goebel, Gabriela Rodrigues Longo, Marcela Alvares Oliveira, Manoel dos Santos-Filho, and Raone Beltrão-Mendes

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Water is an essential commodity for life and is fundamental for metabolic processes. In free-living environments, species may use different strategies, abilities, and resources to access water. Here, we report on water consumption by Ateles chamek and Sapajus apella from the same tree source. These observations show that species use different strategies to access and consume water.
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