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Young Leaves: Ugandan diet summary


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Notes for Table

Key and sources of dietary information: Values are % diet from listed sources, other markers simply note presence in diet.

Pan troglodytes:
i = Isabirye-Basuta (1989)
kcp = Kibale Chimpanzee Project (unpublished), noted only for those species that do not also appear in the published sources
b = diet list provided by Budongo Forest Project

Cercopithecus mitis:
grp1,2 = group one, group two from Rudran (1978b)
kmp = Kibale Monkey Project (unpublished), noted only for those species that do not also appear in the published sources

Cercopithecus ascanius:
kmp = Kibale Monkey Project (unpublished)

Lophocebus albigena:
ol = Olupot et al. (1998)
w = Waser (1977)
f = Freeland (1979)
b = Barret (1994)
kmp = Kibale Monkey Project (unpublished), noted only for those species that do not also appear in the published sources

Colobus guereza:
% from Oates (1977a)
~ = observed but either low percentage or not included in formal diet scans
kmp = Kibale Monkey Project (unpublished), noted only for those species that do not also appear in the published sources

Colobus badius:
Struh = Struhsaker (1978a)
C-B = Clutton-Brock (1975)
~ = observed but either low percentage or not included in formal diet scans
kmp = Kibale Monkey Project (unpublished), noted only for those species that do not also appear in the published sources

FamilyPlant speciesPan troglodytesCercopithecus mitisC. ascanius Lophocebus albigenaColobus guerezaC. badius
Struh, C-B
LeguminosaeAlbizia grandibracteataigrp1kmpolkmpkmp
SapotaceaeAningeria altissimagrp1kmpkmpkmp1.5, ~
BalanitaceaeBalanites wilsonianab1~ , ~
SapindaceaeBlighia unijugatakcpgrp1kmpf,bkmp
MoraceaeBosqueia phoberoskcpgrp1,2kmp2.6, ~
EuphorbiaceaeBridelia micranthakmpkmp
RhizophoraceaeCassipurea ruwenzorensiskmp~,
UlmaceaeCeltis africanaigrp1,2kmpol,b2.51.2, ~
UlmaceaeCeltis durandiigrp2kmpol,b351.3, ~
UlmaceaeCeltis mildbraedii b,kcp
UlmaceaeChaetacme aristataigrp1kmp1.2, ~
SapotaceaeChrysophyllum albidumkmpkmp~ , ~
RutaceaeClausena anisatagrp1,2kmpkmp
BoraginaceaeCordia abyssinicai
FlacourtiaceaeDasylepis eggelingii (u)i
EbenaceaeDiospyros abyssinicagrp1,2ol,w,b
SterculiaceaeDombeya mukolegrp1,2kmp~2.4, ~
Rutaceaefagara angolensisgrp2~,
Rutaceaefagaropsis angolensisib~,
MoraceaeFicus asperifoliai
MoraceaeFicus brachylepisigrp1,21.90.5, ~
MoraceaeFicus exasperataigrp2kmpw~ , ~
MoraceaeFicus natalensiskmp~ , ~
ApocynaceaeFuntumia latifolia , ~
BignoniaceaeKigelia africanai
OleaceaeLinociera johnsoniiigrp1,2b
MeliaceaeLovoa swynnertoniii1.4, ~
BignoniaceaeMarkhamia platycarlyxikmpol8.90.5, ~
LeguminosaeMilletia duraigrp1ol,w,f,bkmp1.4, ~
SapotaceaeMimusops bagshaweiikmpol~~ , ~
AnnonaceaeMonodora myristicaigrp1,2ol,w
MoraceaeMyrianthus arboreusi
LeguminosaeNewtonia buchananiiigrp2wkmp8.8, ~
OleaceaeOlea welwitschiikmpkmpkmp~~,
SapindaceaePancovia turbinatagrp1~,
RosaceaeParinari excelsagrp1kmp1.4, ~
VerbenaceaePremna angolensisgrp1,2ol,w,f,b1.8~ , ~
RosaceaePrunus africanakmp~kmp
AnacardiaceaePseudopondias microcarpaikmpkmpol,w,b , ~
SterculiaceaePterygota mildbraediiib
EuphorbiaceaeSapium ellipticum~,
BignoniaceaeSpathodea campanulatagrp11.3~,
OlacaceaeStrombosia schefflerigrp1kmpb~~ , ~
LoganiaceaeStrychnos mitisol~
RutaceaeTeclea nobilisigrp1kmp0.7, ~
UlmaceaeTrema orientalis~,
MeliaceaeTrichlia dregeanakcpgrp1b~,
AnnonaceaeUvariopsis congensisgrp1ol,b

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