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Boyle, Sarah A., Thompson, Cynthia L., Deluycker, Anneke, Alvarez, Silvia J., Alvim, Thiago H G, Aquino, Rolando, Bezerra, Bruna M., Boubli, Jean P., Bowler, Mark, Caselli, Christini Barbosa, Chagas, Renata R D, Ferrari, Stephen F., Fontes, Isadora P., Gregory, Tremaine, Haugaasen, Torbjørn, Heiduck, Stefanie, Hores, Rose, Lehman, Shawn, de Melo, Fabiano R., Moreira, Leandro S., Moura, Viviane S., Nagy-Reis, Mariana B., Palacios, Erwin, Palminteri, Suzanne, Peres, Carlos A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-8765, Pinto, Liliam, Port-Carvalho, Marcio, Rodríguez, Adriana, dos Santos, Ricardo R., Setz, Eleonore Z F, Shaffer, Christopher A., Silva, Felipe Ennes, Soares da Silva, Rafaela F., Souza-Alves, João P., Trevelin, Leonardo C., Veiga, Liza M., Vieira, Tatiana M., Dubose, Mary E. and Barnett, Adrian A.
(2016)
Geographic comparison of plant genera used in frugivory among the pitheciids Cacajao, Callicebus, Chiropotes, and Pithecia.
American Journal of Primatology, 78 (5).
pp. 493-506.
ISSN 0275-2565
Abstract
Pitheciids are known for their frugivorous diets, but there has been no broad-scale comparison of fruit genera used by these primates that range across five geographic regions in South America. We compiled 31 fruit lists from data collected from 18 species (three Cacajao, six Callicebus, five Chiropotes, and four Pithecia) at 26 study sites in six countries. Together, these lists contained 455 plant genera from 96 families. We predicted that 1) closely related Chiropotes and Cacajao would demonstrate the greatest similarity in fruit lists; 2) pitheciids living in closer geographic proximity would have greater similarities in fruit lists; and 3) fruit genus richness would be lower in lists from forest fragments than continuous forests. Fruit genus richness was greatest for the composite Chiropotes list, even though Pithecia had the greatest overall sampling effort. We also found that the Callicebus composite fruit list had lower similarity scores in comparison with the composite food lists of the other three genera (both within and between geographic areas). Chiropotes and Pithecia showed strongest similarities in fruit lists, followed by sister taxa Chiropotes and Cacajao. Overall, pitheciids in closer proximity had more similarities in their fruit list, and this pattern was evident in the fruit lists for both Callicebus and Chiropotes. There was no difference in the number of fruit genera used by pitheciids in habitat fragments and continuous forest. Our findings demonstrate that pitheciids use a variety of fruit genera, but phylogenetic and geographic patterns in fruit use are not consistent across all pitheciid genera. This study represents the most extensive examination of pitheciid fruit consumption to date, but future research is needed to investigate the extent to which the trends in fruit genus richness noted here are attributable to habitat differences among study sites, differences in feeding ecology, or a combination of both.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bearded saki,diet,saki,titi,uacari |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2016 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 14:39 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57684 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajp.22422 |
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