More omnivore dilemmas: Seasonal diet changes can cause reproductive stress in primates
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
When seasonal changes affect food availability, omnivores like blue monkeys adapt by changing their diets, but such nutritional changes may impact female reproduction, according to research published November 28 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Steffen Foerster from Barnard College, and colleagues from Columbia University and the Smithsonian Institution.