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- Title
FAECAL ANALYSIS AS A COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF FEEDING ECOLOGY IN THE COMMON MARMOSET (Callithrix jacchus LINNAEUS, 1758).
- Authors
Silvestre, Saulo M.; Dantas, José O.; Rocha, Patrício Adriano da; Beltrão-Mendes, Raone; Ferrari, Stephen F.
- Abstract
We evaluated the application of faecal analysis as a complementary approach to direct observation in the study of Callithrix jacchus feeding ecology. Our results indicate that animal foods may be more commonly consumed (based on faecal samples-FS; 61.48% of diet) than previously thought (e.g., only 22.83% based on observational data-OD). Whereas FS provide better data on animal prey, it was less effective than OD in identifying plant items. Six insect orders--including Dermaptera and two hymenopteran families, not previously recorded in marmoset diet--were identified through FS, which is thus shown to be useful in characterizing diet, especially in insectivorous primates.
- Subjects
ANIMAL dropping analysis; MARMOSETS; CALLITHRIX jacchus
- Publication
Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy / Mastozoologia Neotropical, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 1, p185
- ISSN
0327-9383
- Publication type
Article