Title
Use and competition for food plants between Pithecia aequatorialis (Primates: Pitheciidae) and other animals in the Peruvian Amazonia
Other title
Uso y competición por plantas alimenticias entre Pithecia aequatorialis (Primates: Pitheciidae) y otros animales en la Amazonía peruana
Date Issued
01 October 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Equipo Primatológico de Loreto, Iquitos, Peru
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
Equipo Primatológico de Loreto, Iquitos, Peru
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
In this report, we provide information on food plants of the equatorial saki (Pithecia aequatorialis) and its competitors in highland forest of the micro-watershed of the Itaya River, Peruvian Amazonia. From May to November 2009 and from January to April 2010 we followed silently two family groups with the purpose to identify plants whose fruits are part of their diet. During the contacts we had 90 food events in 48 plant species grouped in 24 families. Of these, 36 live in low hill forest and the rest in high terrace forest. The highest diversity of food plants is grouped into seven families that together accounted for 60.4%, among them Moraceae (8 species), Fabaceae (6 species) and Annonaceae (4 species) families. The fruits were mostly eaten in ripe state, being the mesocarp the most appreciated (40%). Among mammals, seven of the competitors were primates, with the main competitor being the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (Saguinus lagonotus) and among birds the White-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus). Finally, the fruits of Pseudolmedia laevigata (Moraceae) were the most preferred by competitors (7 species of mammals and 2 of birds).
Start page
225
End page
232
Volume
22
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias naturales Biología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84944314452
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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