dc.creatorFrancisco, Talitha Mayumi
dc.creatorPicoli, Edgard Augusto de Toledo
dc.creatorBoere, Vanner
dc.creatorSilva, Ita de Oliveira
dc.creatorCouto, Dayvid Rodrigues
dc.creatorOliveira, Juraci Alves
dc.creatorZanuncio, José Cola
dc.creatorSerrão, José Eduardo
dc.creatorLopes- Mattos, Karina Lucas Barbosa
dc.date2017-10-24T09:39:37Z
dc.date2017-10-24T09:39:37Z
dc.date2016-11-03
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T21:50:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T21:50:09Z
dc.identifier10982345
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22615
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/12296
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8966853
dc.descriptionPrimates of the genus Callithrix often obtain exudates from plants of the family Fabaceae. This study characterizes the chemical composition of exudates, and the anatomy and hystochemistry of the secretory ducts in the bark of Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) Speg. var. peregrina (Fabaceae). Exudates from this tree species represent an important component of the diet of hybrid marmosets, Callithrix spp. (Primates: Cebidae). A. peregrina was selected as the focal study tree because it is the only gum tree species exploited by Callithrix groups present within five urban forest fragments in the municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Gum samples were obtained directly from gouges made by the marmosets, while bark samples were obtained from A. peregrina plants, whether or not they were damaged by the marmosets. Constitutive secretory ducts were present in the bark of ungouged A. peregrina, whereas, marmoset damage caused induced secretory duct formation and an increase in the size of these ducts. The gum produced in the gouges made by the marmosets and in ungouged plants reacted positively to tests for polysaccharides, pectin, mucilage, and proteins. The gum from the gouges exhibited high water (41.0%), carbohydrate (38.2%), protein (19.0%), and mineral (Ca 0.4% and K 0.3%) content. We argue that the relatively high calcium content of A. peregrina gum plays an important nutritional role in, balancing a diet that is otherwise rich in phosphorous and poor in calcium.
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dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmerican Journal of Primatology
dc.relationVolume 79, Issue 3, e22615, March 2017
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectCalcium
dc.subjectCallithrix
dc.subjectCallitrichinae
dc.subjectFood resource
dc.subjectMineral
dc.subjectVegetable exudates
dc.titleFeeding habits of marmosets: A case study of bark anatomy and chemical composition of Anadenanthera peregrina gum
dc.typeArtigo


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