Figs Are More Than Fallback Foods: The Relationship between Ficus and Cebus in a Tropical Dry Forest
Table 1
Fruit patch data, nutritional information, feeding rates, and nutrient intake rates for 31 fruit species consumed by Cebus capucinus at Sector Santa Rosa, ACG, Costa Rica. FPV = fruit patch visit.
Tree information
Carrying capacity
FPV duration (min.)
Nutrition (fruit−1)
Nutritional intake (min−1)
Family
Tree species
Avg. DBH
Maximum
Mean
Maximum
Mean
Energy (KJ)
Protein (g)
Intake Rate (fruits/min)
Energy (KJ)
Protein (g)
Anacardiaceae
Spondias purpurea 2
28.3
—
—
—
—
11.623
—
3.3
37.811
—
Apocynaceae
Stemmadenia obovate 2
12.7
4
1.3
28
3.1
189.779
—
0.5
103.986
—
Araliaceae
Sciadodendron excelsum 1,2
57.0
8
2.5
64
10.7
1.231–1.331
0.006
12.3
15.165–16.408
0.074
Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia ochracea 2
26.9
5
2.4
33
9.8
14.574
—
7.9
115.233
—
Burseraceae
Bursera simaruba 1,2
35.2
11
2.0
52
7.1
0.431–3.710
0.015
7.1
3.094–26.511
0.107
Elaeocarpaceae
Sloanea ternifolia 2
92.7
16
4.7
142
29.3
1.545
—
5.0
7.792
—
Erythroxylaceae
Erythroxylum havenense 1,2
6.1
4
1.5
44
7.1
0.239–0.611
0.004
24.8
5.874–15.152
0.099
Fabaceae
Vachellia collinsii 1
4.2
7
1.4
8
1.6
6.305
0.082
4.3
27.214
0.354
Flacourtiaceae
Casearia arguta 2
11.0
4
1.6
7
2.9
5.870
—
6.7
39.130
—
Casearia sylvestris 2
12.7
6
2.0
40
8.0
0.159
—
22.1
3.521
—
Malpighiaceae
Bunchosia ocellata 1
14.2
4
2.4
22
7.4
6.778
0.036
9.4
63.635
0.338
Byrsonima crassifolia 1,2
29.9
5
1.8
28
6.7
7.189–8.826
0.333
5.3
38.050–46.725
1.763
Malvaceae
Malvaviscus arboreus 1
5.5
2
1.1
3
0.7
5.330
0.038
6.2
33.285
0.237
Meliaceae
Trichilia martiana 1
27.9
9
2.0
95
13.3
4.878
0.017
10.3
50.112
0.175
Moraceae
Ficus bullenei 4
102.4
—
—
—
—
—
0.098
3.9
—
0.384
Ficus citrifolia
19.3
7
3.7
12
8.0
—
—
7.8
—
—
Ficus cotinifolia 3
129.3
15
5.4
273
46.5
2.261
0.007
14.5
33.687
0.104
Ficus goldmani
89.1
12
5.7
18
10
—
—
5.3
—
—
Ficus hondurensis
86.0
11
5.6
222
46.1
—
—
16.2
—
—
Ficus morazaniana
120.2
13
5.9
177
42.9
—
—
3.9
—
—
Ficus obtusifolia 4
84.2
8
3.2
41
11.5
—
0.128
2.6
—
0.334
Ficus ovalis
113.4
26
5.5
117
27.3
—
—
12.5
—
—
Myrtaceae
Psydium guajaba 1
12.1
8
1.8
28
6.2
14.302
0.254
1.3
18.593
0.330
Rhamnaceae
Karwinskia caldronii 1
43.6
10
2.9
91
12.7
0.695
0.010
12.0
8.345
0.120
Rubiaceae
Alibertia edulis 1
6.2
5
1.2
7
1.7
16.801
0.131
1.6
26.830
0.209
Genipa americana 1,2
20.8
7
1.8
38
4.4
27.964–60.462
1.359
0.5
13.982–30.231
0.680
Guettarda macrosperma 2
29.9
7
2.4
17
6.0
1.437
—
10.4
14.988
—
Randia monantha 1
8.0
7
1.9
44
7.0
18.093
0.268
0.9
17.090
0.253
Simaroubaceae
Simaruba glauca 1,2
29.6
8
2.5
57
13.2
1.676–3.474
0.038
4.5
7.535–15.621
0.171
Solanaceae
Solanum hazenii 1
9.5
4
1.8
17
5.9
1.111
0.035
4.2
4.678
0.147
Sterculiaceae
Guazuma ulmifolia 2
35.4
2
1.2
6
1.8
5.448
—
2.3
12.259
—
Nutritional data from 1McCabe 2005, 2Vogel 2006, 3Jordano 1983, 4Milton 2008. FPV: fruit patch visit.
