Table 1 Top fruiting species productivity and how much is included in the woolly monkeys’ (Lagothrix lagotricha lugens) diet during the study period at Cueva de los Guácharos National Park. Fruiting species with an asterisk (*) point out that were present in the diet of the monkeys but we were not able to detect them in our fruit hanging traps.
From: Dietary preferences and feeding strategies of Colombian highland woolly monkeys
Rank | Species | Family | Productivity (kg/ha) | % in diet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inga exalata | Fabaceae | 45.65 | 2.77 |
2 | Nectandra sp. | Lauraceae | 38.29 | 7.38 |
3 | Cissus trianae | Vitaceae | 36.05 | 6.46 |
4 | Alchornea grandiflora | Euphorbiaceae | 25.28 | 0.92 |
5 | Nectandra acutifolia | Lauraceae | 24.64 | 5.23 |
6 | Saurauia brachybotrys | Actinidiaceae | 21.55 | 22.46 |
7 | Tapirira guianensis subandina | Anacardiaceae | 19.95 | 1.23 |
8 | Guatteria hirsuta | Annonaceae | 12.27 | 1.23 |
9 | Incadendron esseri | Euphorbiaceae | 10.77 | 5.23 |
10 | Hedyosmum cuatrecazanum | Chloranthaceae | 9.81 | 0.92 |
11 | Miconia minuta | Melastomataceae | 9.17 | 15.38 |
12 | Vismia mandur | Hypericaceae | 8.64 | 0.92 |
13 | Guatteria goudotiana | Annonaceae | 7.45 | 0.62 |
14 | Blakea sp. | Melastomataceae | 6.61 | 0.62 |
15 | Oreopanax cheirophylus | Araliaceae | 6.29 | 1.23 |
16 | Morus insignis | Moraceae | 4.27 | 4.62 |
17 | Ficus spp. | Moraceae | 3.2 | 6.46 |
18 | Croton magdalensis | Euphorbiaceae | 2.13 | 1.54 |
19 | Helicostylis tovarensis | Moraceae | 1.81 | 0.62 |
20 | Sapium stylare | Euphorbiaceae | 0.23 | 2.46 |
21 | Solanum sp. | Solanaceae | 0.13 | 2.46 |
22 | Cecropia sp. | Urticaceae | 0.00* | 3.08 |
23 | Rollinia sp. | Annonaceae | 0.00* | 2.15 |
24 | Others | 95.43 | 4.00 | |
Total | 389.62 | 100 |
