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An index of the spectra collected is provided below. Analyses of these spectra have been presented in the publications listed here. Please refer to them for methods of data collection, and discussion of categorisation of fruit ripeness and leaf age. All spectra are given at 4-nm intervals from 380 to 700 nm.
The chromaticities are given in standard CIE 1931 x,y coordinates for the reflectance spectra viewed under standard illuminant D65. "Lightness factor" gives the proportion of light reflected by the fruit surface weighted by Vlambda (the human photopic sensitivity function). Luminance of radiance spectra is given in candelas per square metre.
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The summary tables are web pages containing species lists, chromaticities and links to photographs where available. Please see further notes at the bottom of this page.
Information on the diets of Alouatta seniculus, Ateles paniscus and Cebus apella was taken from our own observations (Regan et al. 2000) and from earlier studies at the same field site: Julliot (1992), Zhang (1994) and Simmen & Sabatier (1996) (see references). Please also see our acknowledgments to the people and organisations who have made this work possible and who have helped in many ways. A summary of the fruit diets of the Guianan primates, and information about which fruits are disseminated and which are dispersed, may be found in this table.
Dietary information was taken from the following sources: Baranga (1983), Barrett (1994), Chapman and Chapman (1996), Clutton-Brock (1975), Freeland (1979), Isabirye-Basuta (1989), Isbell (1983), Oates (1977), Olupot (1998), Olupot et al. (1998), Rudran (1978a,b), Struhsaker (1978a,b), Waser (1975, 1977, 1984), Wrangham et al. (1994).
The fruit samples listed as ripe would be eaten by the "frugivores" (the first four primates in the above list), whereas the colobines tend to eat unripe fruits. It is assumed that the frugivores disseminate most of the fruits they eat, but an extensive study of seeds found in dung has been carried out only for Pan troglodytes (Wrangham et al. 1994a). For more Ugandan dietary information, see fruit-diet summary table.
For more information concerning the folivorous diets of the Ugandan primates, see leaf-diet summary table.
