Table 2 Effects of leaf chemicals on leaf selection between conspecific trees, young and mature
leaves, marginal and central parts of a leaf, and blade and petiole parts of a leaf 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
Between
Effects References
Energy
Primates
Black
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
0
[ 32]
Primates
King
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
0
[ 33]
Sugar
Primates
Southern
woolly
lemur
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[37]
Primates
Black
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
+
[ 32]
Primates
Mantled
howler
Young and
mature
leaves
0
[ 49]
Rodentia
Japanese
giant flying
squirrel
Center and
margin of a
leaf
0
[ 73]
Acid detergent fiber
(ADF)
Primates
Black
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[32]
Primates
King
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[33]
Primates
Mantled
howler
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[42]
Primates
Red
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[45]
Primates
Red
colobus
Young and
mature
leaves
0
[ 44]
Primates
South
Indian leaf
monkey
Blade and
petiole of a
leaf
À
[46]
Primates
South
Indian leaf
monkey
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[46]
Primates
Southern
woolly
lemur
Young and
mature
leaves
À
[37]
(continued)
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