Seasonal variation in the diet of the Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) in a montane Atlantic forest area, southeastern Brazil

dc.creatorLeiner, NO
dc.creatorSilva, WR
dc.date2007
dc.dateFEB
dc.date2014-11-17T17:33:06Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:40:56Z
dc.date2014-11-17T17:33:06Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:40:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:22:40Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:22:40Z
dc.identifierJournal Of Mammalogy. Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, v. 88, n. 1, n. 158, n. 164, 2007.
dc.identifier0022-2372
dc.identifierWOS:000244623500018
dc.identifier10.1644/06-MAMM-A-088R2.1
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/71257
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/71257
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/71257
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1286866
dc.descriptionThe diet of the Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) was determined through analysis of fecal samples collected in an area of montane Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil. M. paulensis consumed insects, arachnids, gastropods, fruits, flower parts, and small vertebrates. The observed preference for Piper fruits could be related to the spatiotemporal predictability of this item, whereas the observed preference for the Coleoptera, the Blattodea, and the Opiliones could be due to overestimation of hard-bodied prey. Diet composition varied seasonally, with invertebrates and flower parts being consumed more during the dry season, probably because of their higher relative abundance when compared to fruits in this season. Diet was more diverse during the dry season, because of the inclusion of new fruit species and the reduced contribution of Piper fruits in the diet. We suggest that M. paulensis is more frugivorous than previously thought and that this species can be an important seed disperser of pioneer plants, especially of Piper species.
dc.description88
dc.description1
dc.description158
dc.description164
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAlliance Communications Group Division Allen Press
dc.publisherLawrence
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationJournal Of Mammalogy
dc.relationJ. Mammal.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectfrugivory
dc.subjectfood availability
dc.subjectMarmosops paulensis
dc.subjectmouse opossum
dc.subjectPiper
dc.subjectseed dispersal
dc.subjectMarsupial Micoureus-demerarae
dc.subject3 Didelphid Marsupials
dc.subjectSeed Dispersal
dc.subjectCarollia-perspicillata
dc.subjectCaluromys-philander
dc.subjectSouthern Brazil
dc.subjectFrench-guiana
dc.subjectRain-forest
dc.subjectMammals
dc.subjectAurita
dc.titleSeasonal variation in the diet of the Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) in a montane Atlantic forest area, southeastern Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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