Table 2. Average (± SD) content of macronutrients of different plant items in eight food species for spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in the Lacandona rainforest, Mexico.
| Plant species | Itemb | n | Cellular content | Cell wall | ||||||
| CC | Lipids | CP | TNC | CF | CE | HC | Lignin | |||
| Licania platipus (Chrysobalanaceae) | LW | 8 | 6.2 (2.2) | 5.6 (1) | 3 (1.6) | 31.8 (1.2) | 56.2 (2.4) | 47.6 (2.8) | 23 (1.9) | 23.1 (1.6) |
| DW | 8 | 20.3 (8.2) | 3.2 (0.9) | 3.9 (0.7) | 37.4 (5.4) | 34.9 (3.7) | 37.4 (5.9) | 9.5 (3.2) | 32.7 (7.9) | |
| Ficus spp. (2 spp) (Moraceae) | DW | 4 | 16.7 (6.5) | 3.6 (1.0) | 3.2 (1.5) | 28.9 (8.1) | 36.9 (8.2) | 34.7 (11.7) | 15.2 (3.2) | 33.3 (11.1) |
| F. tecolutensis (Moraceae) | RF | 3 | 45.7 (9.3) | 11.3 (1.2) | 7.9 (0.9) | 51.5 (7.2) | 18.6 (2.1) | 25.7 (8.9) | 10.4 (2.8) | 17.9 (1.3) |
| Attalea butyracea (Arecaceae)a | RF | 1 | — | 25 | 7.3 | 38.6 | 17.9 | — | — | — |
| Sabal mexicana (Arecaceae) | RF | 4 | 49.3 (8.3) | 5.2 (1.2) | 4.8 (1.1) | 43.2 (8.4) | 28.3 (2.7) | 20.8 (7.3) | 18.9 (2.7) | 10.9 (1.1) |
| Spondias radlkoferi (Anacardiaceae) | RF | 5 | 80.8 (5.6) | 11.2 (0.9) | 7.5 (2.1) | 69.6 (1.8) | 4.8 (1.0) | 6.9 (0.5) | 8.2 (4.4) | 4.1 (1.8) |
| UF | 1 | 81.4 | 12 | 5.2 | 73 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 2 | |
| S. mombin (Anacardiaceae) | UF | 3 | 84.9 (0.9) | 11.7 (1.2) | 8.5 (0.9) | 69.7 (2.8) | 2.9 (0.3) | 5.2 (0.5) | 7.4 (0.8) | 2.4 (0.6) |
a
With exception of this palm species, the rest of plant species represent “top” food species in the diet of spider monkeys in Lacandona [24].
b
LW = live wood, DW = decayed wood, RF = ripe fruit, UF = unripe fruit.
Column headings: n = number of analyzed samples (see Methods), CC = estimated cellular content, CP = crude protein, TNC = total nonstructural carbohydrates, CF = crude fiber, CE = cellulose, HC = hemicellulose.