| Title |
Seasonal variation and an “outbreak” of frog predation by tamarins
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Primates, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10329-018-0688-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Teresa Magdalena Lüffe, Emérita R. Tirado Herrera, Mirjam Nadjafzadeh, Patricia Berles, Andrew C. Smith, Christoph Knogge, Eckhard W. Heymann |
| Abstract |
We report temporal variation and an "outbreak" of frog predation by moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax, in north-eastern Peruvian Amazonia. Frog predation rates were generally very low, but strongly increased in October 2015. Other high rates, identified by outlier analyses, were also observed in September-November of other years. Over all study years, predation rates in this 3-month period were significantly higher than those in the remainder of the year, suggesting a seasonal pattern of frog predation by tamarins. Reduced fruit availability or increased frog abundance or a combination of both may be responsible for both the seasonal pattern and the specific "outbreak" of frog predation. |
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| Researcher | 2 | 15% |
| Professor | 1 | 8% |
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