Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil

Coatis are omnivores whose diet consists of small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruit. In urban areas, they may ingest food waste that has been discarded in deposits near their habitat, or they may consume food offered by humans. The present work investigates the diet of coatis through analysis of...

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Autores principales:	FERREIRA,GIOVANNE A, NAKANO-OLIVEIRA,EDUARDO, GENARO,GELSON, LACERDA-CHAVES,ADMA K
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2013
Materias:	anthropic influence Atlantic Forest diet alteration trophic ecology
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20130001000082014-09-09Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in BrazilFERREIRA,GIOVANNE ANAKANO-OLIVEIRA,EDUARDOGENARO,GELSONLACERDA-CHAVES,ADMA K anthropic influence Atlantic Forest diet alteration trophic ecology Coatis are omnivores whose diet consists of small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruit. In urban areas, they may ingest food waste that has been discarded in deposits near their habitat, or they may consume food offered by humans. The present work investigates the diet of coatis through analysis of 56 fecal samples collected from Morro Imperador, a fragment of woodland inserted into an urban center in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The results point to a diet with niche breadth of 0.4 in which the percentage of occurrence of insects (34.9 %) and fruit (19.9 %) comprise the main dietary items. The presence of food due to human action (direct or indirect) is also constant throughout the year (14.1 %), thereby demonstrating the ability of these animals to adapt to modified environments.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.86 n.1 20132013-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2013000100008en10.4067/S0716-078X2013000100008
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language	English
topic	anthropic influence Atlantic Forest diet alteration trophic ecology
spellingShingle	anthropic influence Atlantic Forest diet alteration trophic ecology FERREIRA,GIOVANNE A NAKANO-OLIVEIRA,EDUARDO GENARO,GELSON LACERDA-CHAVES,ADMA K Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
description	Coatis are omnivores whose diet consists of small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruit. In urban areas, they may ingest food waste that has been discarded in deposits near their habitat, or they may consume food offered by humans. The present work investigates the diet of coatis through analysis of 56 fecal samples collected from Morro Imperador, a fragment of woodland inserted into an urban center in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The results point to a diet with niche breadth of 0.4 in which the percentage of occurrence of insects (34.9 %) and fruit (19.9 %) comprise the main dietary items. The presence of food due to human action (direct or indirect) is also constant throughout the year (14.1 %), thereby demonstrating the ability of these animals to adapt to modified environments.
author	FERREIRA,GIOVANNE A NAKANO-OLIVEIRA,EDUARDO GENARO,GELSON LACERDA-CHAVES,ADMA K
author_facet	FERREIRA,GIOVANNE A NAKANO-OLIVEIRA,EDUARDO GENARO,GELSON LACERDA-CHAVES,ADMA K
author_sort	FERREIRA,GIOVANNE A
title	Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
title_short	Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
title_full	Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
title_fullStr	Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil
title_sort	diet of the coati nasua nasua (carnivora: procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in brazil
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2013
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2013000100008
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Diet of the coati Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) in an area of woodland inserted in an urban environment in Brazil

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