Table 3. Fruit selection of primates in relation to nitrogen concentrations; ns = not significant.

Species	Site	Country	% Nitrogen in fruits eaten (sample size)	% Nitrogen in fruits not eaten (sample size)	Relationship between the frequency of consumption and nitrogen concentration	Source
Madagascar
Microcebus murinus	Mandena	Madagascar	0.9 (61)	0.8 (14)	ns	[60]
Cheirogaleus medius	Mandena	Madagascar	0.9 (59)	0.8 (16)	ns	[60]
C. medius	Kirindy/CFPF	Madagascar	0.9 (23)	1.0 (18)	ns	[59]
C. spp.	Sainte Luce	Madagascar	0.8 (33)	0.8 (64)	ns	[59]
C. major	Mandena	Madagascar	0.9 (63)	0.8 (14)	ns	[60]
Eulemur collaris	Sainte Luce	Madagascar	0.9 (86)	0.8 (18)	ns	[59], [79]
E. rufus	Kirindy/CFPF	Madagascar	1.0 (20)	0.9 (25)	ns	[59]
Neotropics
Lagothrix lagotricha	Tinigua National Park	Columbia			ns	[78], Stevenson, unpubl.
Cebus apella	Manu National Park	Brazil			Negative correlation between frequency of consumption and nitrogen concentration	[80]
Callicebus moloch	Mata Atlantica	Brazil	1.2 (22)		ns	[69]