Parasitism of Trees by Marmosets in a Central Brazilian Gallery Forest Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Callithrix jacchus penicillata living in a gallery forest depend heavily on exudates as a food. The marmosets gnaw holes in the bark of certain tree species, and all exudate collection takes place at these holes. Marmosets thus forage as ectoparasites on these trees. In all, 14 species of trees were parasitized by the marmosets, but almost all activity was concentrated on Vochysia pyramidalis, Callisthene major and Tapirira guianensis. -from Authors

published proceedings

  • Biotropica

author list (cited authors)

  • Lacher, T. E., da Fonseca, G., Alves, C., & Magalhaes-Castro, B.

citation count

  • 94

complete list of authors

  • Lacher, Thomas E||da Fonseca, Gustavo A Bouchardet||Alves, Carlos||Magalhaes-Castro, Braulio

publication date

  • September 1984

publisher