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 4

Relationship between the number of gum feeding bouts by the common marmosets on the two exploited tree species and their structural variables in the studied forest fragments at Usina Trapiche, Northeast Brazil.

Tree speciesDependent variableIndependent variableSpearman correlation coefficient

Tapirira guianensis Number of feeding bouts XAbsolute density (ind./ha) = 0, rho = 1, = 0.333
Relative density (ind./ha) = 0, rho = 1, = 0.333
Relative dominance (%) = 0, rho = 1, = 0.333
Importance Value Index (IVI) = 0, rho = 1, = 0.333
Cover Value Index (CVI) = 0, rho = 1, = 0.333

Parkia pendula Number of feeding bouts XAbsolute density (ind./ha) = 2, rho = 0.5, = 1
Relative density (ind./ha) = 2, rho = 0.5, = 1
Relative dominance (%) = 2, rho = 0.5, = 1
Importance Value Index (IVI) = 2, rho = 0.5, = 1
Cover Value Index (CVI) = 2, rho = 0.5, = 1

Tapirira guianensis and Parkia pendula Number of feeding bouts XAbsolute density (ind./ha) = 36, rho = −0.03, = 0.957
Relative density (ind./ha) = 36, rho = −0.03, = 0.957
Relative dominance (%) = 56, rho = −0.60, = 0.242
Importance Value Index (IVI) = 46, rho = −0.31, = 0.564
Cover Value Index (CVI) = 46, rho = −0.31, = 0.564