Dietary flexibility of Bale monkeys (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) in southern Ethiopia: effects of habitat degradation and life in fragments

Table 3 Linear regressions between food availability index and percentage consumption of plant food items among the four Bale monkey groups

Food item	Continuous	R²_adj	P value	Fragments	R²_adj	P value
Bamboo young leaves	Continuous A	0.26	0.052	Patchy	0.50	0.006
Bamboo young leaves	Continuous B	0.52	0.005	Hilltop	–	–
Non-bamboo young leaves	Continuous A	0.09	0.180	Patchy	0.07	0.204
Non-bamboo young leaves	Continuous B	0.12	0.145	Hilltop	− 0.07	0.634
Fruit	Continuous A	0.87	0.005	Patchy	0.25	0.060
Fruit	Continuous B	0.85	< 0.001	Hilltop	0.55	0.004
Flower	Continuous A	0.64	0.023	Patchy	0.10	0.981
Flower	Continuous B	0.60	0.002	Hilltop	0.14	0.124
Bamboo shoots	Continuous A	0.86	< 0.001	Patchy	0.54	0.004
Bamboo shoots	Continuous B	0.92	< 0.001	Hilltop	–	–

Bale monkey groups in continuous forest (Continuous A, Continuous B) and forest fragments (Patchy and Hilltop) (N = 12 months) (P value in italic indicates significant correlations)

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