By monitoring the calls of spider monkeys, researchers have shown what level of human activity they will tolerate, helping guide conservation.
The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, showed that Geoffroy's spider monkeys in Costa Rica are not found in areas with less than 80%, the research shows how 'passive acoustic monitoring' can speed up the study of threatened species, determining what their needs are in order to guide conservation decisions.
"Our results highlight the dangers of forest loss and paving roads through important habitat, and provide tools and knowledge for setting targets and developing conservation strategies for the protection of Geoffroy's spider monkey and other species that inhabit tropical forest ecosystems."Threatened species can be hard to study over large areas and over extended time periods, since they can be very spread out and be active only at certain times.
The monkeys in Costa Rica however were equally tolerant of both primary and secondary forests, as long as there was at least 80% cover. This may be because in Costa Ricaare generally older than in other regions, allowing the trees and their fruit to mature enough for the monkey's specialist diet.
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