The role of sex and age in the architecture of intrapopulation howler monkey-plant networks in continuous and fragmented rain forests
| Autor: | Wesley Dáttilo, Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón, Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Anna Traveset, Ana María González-DiPierro, Rafael Lombera Estrada |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Conservation Biology Foraging Population lcsh:Medicine Age class 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Age Nestedness Sex class biology.animal Consumer-resource interactions Sex-classes 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Primate 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology education education.field_of_study Habitat fragmentation biology Animal Behavior Ecology General Neuroscience 05 social sciences Age classes lcsh:R fungi food and beverages General Medicine Biodiversity biology.organism_classification Alouatta pigra Habitat Liana Howler monkey General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | PeerJ PeerJ, Vol 4, p e1809 (2016) Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 2007-7912 |
| Popis: | We evaluated the structure of intrapopulation howler monkey-plant interactions by focusing on the plant species consumed by different sex and age classes in continuous and fragmented forests in southern Mexico. For this we used network analysis to evaluate the impact of fragmentation on howler population traits and on resource availability and food choice. A total of 37 tree and liana species and seven plant items (bark, immature fruits, flowers, mature fruits, immature leaves, mature leaves and petioles) were consumed, but their relative consumption varied according to sex and age classes and habitat type. Overall, adult females consumed the greatest number of plant species and items while infants and juveniles the lowest. For both continuous and fragmented forests, we found a nested diet for howler monkey-plant networks: diets of more selective monkeys represent subsets of the diets of other individuals. Nestedness was likely due to the high selectivity of early life stages in specific food plants and items, which contrasts with the generalized foraging behaviour of adults. Information on the extent to which different plant species and primate populations depend on such interactions in different habitats will help to make accurate predictions about the potential impact of disturbances on plant-animal interaction networks. This research was supported by grants from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT, CB2005-C01-51043, CB2007-79121 to JBM) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, IN206111 to JBM). The Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas (UNAM) and CONACyT are greatly acknowledged for providing a doctorate scholarship to AMG and UNAM for a post-doctoral scholarship to APM. This manuscript was partially written while JBM was on sabbatical at IMEDEA and supported by DGAPA (UNAM). |
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