title: Disproportional representation of primates in the ecological literature.
abstract: We address the question why papers dealing with the ecology of primates are so sparsely represented in the general ecological literature. A literature analyses based on entries in Web of Science and PrimateLit reveals that despite a large number of papers published on primates in general and on the ecology of primates, only a very small fraction of these papers is published in high-ranking international ecological journals. We discuss a number of potential reasons for the disproportion and highlight the problems associated with experimental research on wild primates and constraints on sample size as major issues.
authors: Abt. Verhaltensökologie & Soziobiologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany.
authors: Eckhard W
authors: EW
authors: Heymann
authors: Dietmar
authors: D
authors: Zinner
authors: Jörg U
authors: JU
authors: Ganzhorn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015982:Bias; D004463:Ecology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011323:Primates; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data