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- Title
Temporal variation in the diet of the endemic and threatened rodent Kerodon rupestris in the semiarid area of Brazil.
- Authors
Conceição, Anderson Mendonça; Bocchiglieri, Adriana
- Abstract
We investigated the diet and trophic niche of Kerodon rupestris in Northeastern Brazil for 12 months. The influence of precipitation was evaluated by simple logistic regression. This rodent consumed 23 plant species, mainly the leaves, resulting a low niche breadth. This species presented a greater consumption of leaves of Bauhinia cheilantha, influenced by low rainfall, and fallen flowers of Cenostigma pyramidale, influenced by high precipitation. This rodent showed plasticity in its diet and used different plant resources that provided its survival in semiarid.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ANIMAL nutrition; RODENTS; PLANT species; BAUHINIA; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2021, Vol 85, Issue 6, p537
- ISSN
0025-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/mammalia-2021-0043