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. 2009 Dec 16;4(12):e8253. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008253

Table 1. Nitrogen concentrations of fruits at different sites in Madagascar and the Neotropics.

Site Country % Nitrogen concentration in fruits (sample size) Sampling Source
Madagascar
Anjamena (A) Madagascar 0.88 (25) PF: Eulemur mongoz [57]
Kirindy/CFPF-CS7 (B) Madagascar 1.10 (8) PF: Propithecus verreauxi Carrai unpubl.
Ranomafana (C) Madagascar 0.96 (6) PF: Microcebus rufus [58]
Sahamalaza (1) Madagascar 1.24±0.68 (67) GS Polowinsky & Schwitzer unpubl.
Kirindy/CFPF-N5 (2) Madagascar 1.04±0.42 (40) GS [59], Bollen et al. unpubl.
Ranomafana (3) Madagascar 1.01±0.40 (45) PF: Propithecus edwardsi Arrigo-Nelson unpubl.
Mandena (4) Madagascar 0.99±0.81 (71) GS [60], Lahann unpubl.
Sainte Luce (5) Madagascar 0.88± 0.39 (103) GS [61]
Berenty (6) Madagascar 1.77±0.75 (11) PF: Microcebus griseorufus [62]
Neotropics
Los Tuxtlas (D) Mexico 1.34 (11) PF: Alouatta palliata [63]
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (E) Belize 1.33 (16) PF: Alouatta pigra [64]
Barro Colorado Island (F) Panama 1.29 (8) Several PF [65]
Ilanos (G) Venezuela 1.12 (9) PF: Alouatta seniculus [24]
Lago Guri (H) Venezuela 1.47 (19) PF: Pithecia pithecia + 3 fruits not eaten [66]
Nouragues (I) French Guiana 0.79 (14) GS [67]
San Cayetano (J) Argentina 1.52 (2) PF: Alouatta caraya [68]
Mata Atlantica (K) Brasil 1.18 (22) PF: Callicebus moloch [69]
Lomas Barbudal (11) Costa Rica 1.33±0.75 (64) PF: Cebus capuchinus Vogel unpubl.
Tinigua National Park (12) Columbia 1.28±0.77 (53) PF: Lagothrix lagotricha Stevenson unpubl.
Yasuní National Park (13) Ecuador 1.59±0.79 (33) PF + NPF: Alouatta seniculus Derby unpubl.
Raleighvallen (14) Suriname 1.17±0.54 (13) PF: Cebus apella Boinski & Vogel unpubl.
Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho (15) Brasil 1.94±1.12 (4) PF: Brachyteles arachnoides Talebi unpubl.
Isla Brasilera (16) Argentina 1.77 (1) PF: Alouatta caraya Kowalewski unpubl.

Letters and numbers listed in the first column refer to sites shown in Figure 2. Values of the published datasets (sites marked by letters in the left hand column and in Figure 2) are means or medians as listed in the original reference; sample size listed in brackets. For samples analyzed in the context of the present paper (sites marked by numbers) values are means and standard deviations. Nitrogen concentrations were recorded by general sampling (GS) of fruits from woody plant species available during the study period, or of fruits consumed by a specific primate species (PF) plus fruits not consumed by primates at the sites (NPF).