Table 1 Effects of leaf chemicals on leaf selection among different species of trees by tree-leaf
eating mammals. Effects are shown by the positive (+), no (0), or negative (À) relationship with leaf
chemical concentrations
Chemical
components
Order
Common name
No. of
plant
species
Effects References
Energy
Carnivora
Asiatic black
bear
8
0
[ 31]
Primates
Black colobus
6–20
À
[32]
Primates
King colobus
13–16
0
[33]
Primates
Mexican black
howler
24
0
[34]
Rodentia
Rock cavy
10
0
[6]
Sugar
Artiodactyla
Roe deer
70
+
[16]
Primates
Black howler
11
+
[35]
Primates
Cao vit gibbon
20
0
[36]
Primates
Mexican black
howler
24
0
[34]
Primates
Southern
woolly lemur
57
0
[37]
Primates
Verreaux’s
sifaka
48
0
[38]
Rodentia
Japanese giant
flying squirrel
2
+
[ 39]
Acid detergent fiber
(ADF)
Artiodactyla
Greater kudu
14
0
[40]
Artiodactyla
Roe deer
70
À
[16]
Cetartiodactyla Boer goat
14
0
[40]
Cetartiodactyla Impala
14
0
[40]
Primates
Black colobus
12–20
À
[32]
Primates
Cao vit gibbon
20
0
[36]
Primates
Common
langur
20
À
[7]
Primates
King colobus
13–16
0
[33]
Primates
Lesser weasel
lemur
17
À
[41]
Primates
Mantled howler 31
À
[42]
Primates
Maroon leaf
monkey
39
À
[43]
Primates
Mexican black
howler
24
0
[34]
Primates
Red colobus
>12
0
[44]
Primates
Red colobus
39
0
[45]
Primates
South Indian
leaf monkey
16
À
[46]
Primates
Southern
woolly lemur
57
0
[37]
(continued)
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