Research Article

Home Range, Diet, and Activity Patterns of Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) in Very Small and Isolated Fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil

Table 2

Checklist of the plant species and vegetation structure of the studied forest fragments at Usina Trapiche, Northeast Brazil.

Forest fragment

Jaguaré
 Total fragment area: 10 ha
 Home range of the studied common marmoset group: 5.8 ha
 Number of plant species: 24 (13 families)
 Shannon Index: 3.01
 Equitability: 0.94
 Total basal area: 41 m2/ha

Plant speciesIVICVIAbs. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dom. (%)

Apuleia leiocarpa 24.4020.23408.3311.90
Bowdichia virgilioides 19.9715.81306.259.56
Parkia pendula 19.0614.89204.1710.72
Thyrsodium spruceanum 18.8814.71408.336.38
Balizia pedicellaris 18.8114.655010.424.23
Protium heptaphyllum 18.4214.26408.335.92
Enterolobium contortisiliquum 17.2013.03204.178.86
Eschweilera ovata 16.6112.44306.256.19
Unidentified 115.1610.99204.176.82
Sloanea guianensis 13.789.61204.175.44
Ormosia sp.13.549.37102.087.29
Symphonia globulifera 12.067.9020 4.173.73
Andira sp.10.956.78204.172.62
Tapirira guianensis 10.516.34204.172.17
Simarouba amara 8.654.49102.082.40
Pouteria sp. 17.303.13102.081.05
Ilex cf. sapotifolia 7.193.02102.080.94
Henrietta succosa 7.042.87102.080.79
Andira fraxinifolia 7.042.87102.080.79
Caesareacf. javitenses 6.922.75102.080.67
Maytenus distichophylla 6.762.59102.080.51
Brosimum guianensis 6.732.56102.080.48
Protium sp.6.532.36102.080.28
Pouteria sp. 26.512.35102.080.26

Ubaca
 Total fragment area: 8.2 ha
 Home range of the studied common marmoset group: 5.1 ha
 Number of plant species: 16 (7 families)
 Shannon Index: 2.52
 Equitability: 0.91
 Total basal area: 27 m2/ha

Plant speciesIVICVIAbs. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dom. (%)

Parkia pendula 64.6158.367015.5642.81
Thyrsodium spruceanum 27.2020.957015.565.40
Margaritaria nobilis 23.8517.60408.898.71
Brosimum guianensis 20.5214.275011.113.16
Bowdichia virgilioides 19.7013.45408.894.56
Dialium guianense 19.5613.31306.676.64
Ocotea sp.18.1711.92306.675.26
Simarouba amara 15.519.26306.672.60
Eschweilera ovata 15.218.96204.444.52
Pouteria sp.15.038.78102.226.56
Balizia pedicellaris 14.608.35102.226.13
Tapirira guianensis 10.254102.221.77
Diplotropis sp.9.263.01102.220.79
Ocotea opifera 8.942.69102.220.47
Pogonophora schomburgkiana 8.812.56102.220.34
Andira fraxinifolia 8.772.52102.220.30

Calunga
 Total fragment area: 7.1 ha
 Home range of the studied common marmoset group: 5.6 ha
 Number of plant species: 22 (12 families)
 Shannon Index: 2.93
 Equitability: 0.95
 Total basal area: 37 m2/ha

Plant speciesIVICVIAbs. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dens.
ind./ha
Rel. dom. (%)

Parkia pendula 42.5037.95409.5228.43
Tapirira guianensis 22.1317.595011.905.68
Lecythis pisonis 18.7614.22102.3811.84
Ilex cf. sapotifolia 18.1713.62102.3811.24
Symphonia globulifera 17.7313.19307.146.04
Ocotea opifera 15.6711.13307.143.98
Stryphnodendron pulcherrimum 14.129.58102.387.20
Bowdichia virgilioides 13.859.30204.764.54
Eschweilera ovata 13.298.74204.763.98
Cecropia pachystachya 13.208.66307.141.51
Thyrsodium spruceanum 12.467.91307.140.77
Balizia pedicellaris 11.276.73102.384.35
Protium heptaphyllum 10.916.36102.383.98
Myrcia sylvatica 10.035.49204.760.73
Rheedia gardneriana 9.835.28204.760.52
Pouteria sp.9.765.21204.760.45
Simarouba amara 9.054.51102.382.13
Ficus sp.8.163.62102.381.24
Lecythis lurida 7.643.10102.380.71
Guapira opposita 7.172.63102.380.25
Brosimum rubescens 7.142.6102.380.22
Vismia guianensis 7.142.6102.380.22

IVI: Importance Value Index; CVI: Cover Value Index.