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Reconstructive studies place our understanding of distribution patterns of primate species, and the habitats they range into, in a temporal context. In biogeography, a disturbance is any ecological or human-related process that disrupts the structure and/or composition of a habitat type. The effects of the disturbance can be either temporary or permanent. It is informative to divide disturbances into two classes: (1) those that influence the structure of a ecosystem, and (2) those that affect primate community structure within a habitat, region, and/or ecosystem.