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| Silvestre,Saulo M; Dantas,José O; da Rocha,Patrício Adriano; Beltrão-Mendes,Raone; Ferrari,Stephen F. |
| We evaluated the application of faecal analysis as a complementary approach to direct observation in the study of Callithrix jacchus feeding ecology. Our results indicate that animal foods may be more commonly consumed (based on faecal samples-FS; 61.48% of diet) than previously thought (e.g., only 22.83% based on observational data-OD). Whereas FS provide better data on animal prey, it was less effective than OD in identifying plant items. Six insect orders-including Dermaptera and two hymenopteran families, not previously recorded in marmoset diet-were identified through FS, which is thus shown to be useful in characterizing diet, especially in insectivorous primates. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Arthropods; Diet; Marmosets; Methods; Artrópodes; Dieta; Métodos; Sagui. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-93832016000100020 |
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