Figs Are More Than Fallback Foods: The Relationship between Ficus and Cebus in a Tropical Dry Forest

Table 3

Energy, fat, and protein intake rates for Ficus cotinifolia and common invertebrate prey of capuchins in Sector Santa Rosa, ACG, Costa Rica.

Species	Intake/h	KJ/h	g/h
		Energy	Fat	Protein
Invertebrates
Cockroach (Blaberus giganticus)^1	0.054	2.437	0.020	0.089
Cicada (Fidicina spp.)^1	0.108	2.319	0.010	0.083
Small shelled insects (Insecta spp.)^1	27.42	43.396	0.192	1.371
Caterpillars (Lepidoptera spp.)^1	12.46	4.279	0.025	0.112
Grasshoppers/Katydids (Orthoptera spp.)^1	0.987	11.556	0.118	0.404
Ants (Formicidae spp.)^1	0.230	0.033	<0.000	0.001
Scorpions (Scorpiones spp.)^1	0.014	0.134	0.001	0.005
All invertebrates		64.150	0.367	2.064
Figs
Ficus cotinifolia (pulp only)^2	894	2021.220	3.576	6.258
Ficus cotinifolia (pulp + animal matter)^2,3	894	2099.823	4.184	7.581

Source: ¹McCabe 2005, ²Jordano 1983, ³Urquiza-Haas et al. 2008. Nutritional values for animal matter in F. cotinifolia are estimated from the percentage dry weight of animal matter in F. perforata.