DIET AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF ATELES-BELZEBUTH-BELZEBUTH AT MARACA ECOLOGICAL STATION, RORAIMA, BRAZIL

Authors
NUNES A
Citation
A. Nunes, DIET AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF ATELES-BELZEBUTH-BELZEBUTH AT MARACA ECOLOGICAL STATION, RORAIMA, BRAZIL, Folia primatologica, 69(2), 1998, pp. 61-76
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Folia primatologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155713
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
61 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5713(1998)69:2<61:DAFEOA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The diet and feeding behaviour of an habituated group of free-ranging spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth belzebuth) were studied from 1987 to 1989. Their dietary patterns were analysed in relation to the temporal and spatial distribution of food resources. The results indicate that ripe fruit was regularly eaten throughout the study period and that d iet composition was significantly related to the overall availability of ripe fruit sources.