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Cambridge database of natural spectraFruit: Guianan diet summary |
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Fruits eaten by monkeys at Les Nouragues. The columns for the three monkey species show whether or not each species consumes each fruit. If seeds are definitely dispersed by endozoochory (according to van Roosmalen, 1985, Julliot, 1992, or Zhang, 1994) then this is indicated in the dispersal column. If these sources report that seeds are destroyed by monkeys, this is indicated in the predation column. In cases where it seems likely that seeds were dispersed or destroyed, but direct evidence is lacking, this is indicated by 'Probable' in the appropriate column.
(a) Seeds dropped by primates beneath the parent plant.
(b) Immature fruits of this species were consumed for seeds by Ateles paniscus.
(c) Seeds destroyed by Cebus apella but probably dispersed by Ateles paniscus.
† The immature fruits of these species were eaten. In the case of Duguetia cf. surinamensis it was not possible to be certain whether or not the fruits consumed by monkeys were mature.
+ These fruits exhibit two different colours. Reflectance measurements of both coloured parts were made and are included in the tables of spectra.
| Plant species | Alouatta seniculus | Ateles paniscus | Cebus apella | Seed dispersal | Seed predation |
| ANACARDIACEAE | |||||
| Tapirira cf. obtusa | * | * | * | Probable | |
| ANNONACEAE | |||||
| Duguetia cf. surinamensis † | * | * | |||
| APOCYNACEAE | |||||
| Ambelania acida | * | * | Yes | ||
| Lacmellea aculeata | * | * | Yes | ||
| Parahancornia fasciculata | * | * | * | Yes | |
| ARACEAE | |||||
| Philodendron insigne † + | * | Yes | |||
| ARECACEAE | |||||
| Astrocaryum paramaca | * | Yes | |||
| Bactris acanthocarpoides | * | Yes | |||
| Maximiliana maripa | * | (a) | |||
| BIGNONIACEAE | |||||
| Arrabidea mollis | * | Yes | |||
| unidentified sp. | * | Yes | |||
| BROMELIACEAE | |||||
| Ananas cf. nanus | * | ||||
| BURSERACEAE | |||||
| Tetragastris panamensis + | * | * | * | Yes | |
| cf. Tetragastris + | * | Probable | |||
| unidentified spp. + | * | * | * | Probable | |
| CAESALPINIACEAE | |||||
| Eperua falcata † | * | * | Yes | ||
| Eperua rubiginosa † | * | * | Yes | ||
| Vouacapoua americana † | * | * | Yes | ||
| CECROPIACEAE | |||||
| Pourouma sp. | * | Probable | |||
| Pourouma tomentosa | * | * | Yes | ||
| CHRYSOBALANACEAE | |||||
| Licania alba | * | Yes | |||
| Licania cf. heteromorpha | * | Yes | |||
| Licania cf. latifolia | * | Yes | |||
| CUCURBITACEAE | |||||
| unidentified sp. | * | Probable | |||
| CYCLANTHACEAE | |||||
| Ludovia lancifolia | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Stelestylis surinamensis | * | * | |||
| EUPHORBIACEAE | |||||
| Drypetes variabilis | * | Yes | |||
| Glycydendron amazonicum | * | (a) | |||
| FABACEAE | |||||
| Dussia discolor | * | * | Probable | ||
| HIPPOCRATEACEAE | |||||
| cf. Salacia sp. | * | Probable | |||
| cf. Salacia / Cheiloclinium sp. | * | Probable | |||
| unidentified sp. | * | Probable | |||
| ICACINACEAE | |||||
| Dendrobangia boliviana | * | * | Yes | ||
| Poraqeuiba guianensis | * | ||||
| LECYTHIDACEAE | |||||
| Eschweilera apiculata | * | Yes | |||
| Eschweilera cf. micrantha | * | Yes | |||
| Eschweilera coriacea | * | Yes | |||
| Gustavia hexapetala | * | Yes | |||
| Lecythis persistens subsp. auriantiaca | * | Yes | |||
| Lecythis persistens subsp. persistens | * | Yes | |||
| LOGANIACEAE | |||||
| Strychnos sp. | * | Probable | |||
| MELASTOMATACEAE | |||||
| Mouriri crassifolia | * | Yes | |||
| MIMOSACEAE | |||||
| Inga cf. capitata | * | Probable | |||
| Inga gracilifolia | * | * | Yes | ||
| Inga huberi | * | Yes | |||
| Inga leiocalycina | * | Yes | |||
| Inga pezzizifera | * | Yes | |||
| Inga rubiginosa | * | Yes | |||
| Inga thibaudiana | * | Yes | |||
| Inga sp. | * | Probable | |||
| MORACEAE | |||||
| Bagassa guianensis | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Brosimum guianensis | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Ficus nymphaefolia | * | * | Yes | ||
| Helicostylis pedunculata | * | * | Yes | ||
| MYRISTICACEAE | |||||
| Iryanthera sagotiana + | * | * | Yes | ||
| Virola michelii + | * | * | Yes | ||
| Virola sp. nov. + | * | * | Yes | ||
| PASSIFLORACEAE | |||||
| cf. Passiflora crenata | * | Probable | |||
| POLYGALACEAE | |||||
| Moutabea guianensis | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Moutabea sp. | * | Probable | |||
| RUBIACEAE | |||||
| Duroia eriopila | * | Yes | |||
| Posoqueria latifolia | * | Yes | |||
| SAPINDACEAE | |||||
| Paullinia sp. | * | Probable | |||
| Talisia sp. | * | Probable | |||
| SAPOTACEAE | |||||
| Chrysophyllum lucentifolium | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Chrysophyllum prieurii | * | * | Yes | (b) | |
| cf. Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum | * | Probable | |||
| Diploon cuspidata | * | * | Probable | ||
| Ecclinusa lanceolata | * | * | * | Probable | |
| Ecclinusa cf. ramiflora | * | Yes | |||
| Manilkara bidentata | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Micropholis cayennensis | * | * | Yes | ||
| Micropholis cf. egensis | * | * | Probable | ||
| Micropholis obscura | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Pouteria ambelaniifolia | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Pouteria egregia | * | * | Yes | ||
| Pouteria guianensis | * | * | * | Yes | |
| Pouteria gonggrijpii | * | Probable | |||
| Pouteria laevigata | * | * | Yes | ||
| Pouteria torta subsp. glabra | * | * | Yes | ||
| Pouteria cf. venezuelense | * | Probable | |||
| Pouteria sp. | * | Probable | |||
| Pradosia ptychandra | * | Probable | |||
| unidentified spp. | * | Probable | |||
| SOLANACEAE | |||||
| Solanum sp. | * | Yes | |||
| STERCULIACEAE | |||||
| Sterculia frondosa | * | * | Yes | ||
| Sterculia pruriens | * | Yes | |||
| Theobroma subincanum | * | * | * | (c) | Yes |
| VIOLACEAE | |||||
| Leonia glycycarpa | * | * | Yes | ||
| UNIDENTIFIED | |||||
| 3 unidentified spp. | * | Yes | |||
| unidentified sp. | * | Yes |
