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TABLE 8.-FOOD SPECIES OF C. castanea AND C. perspicillata. NUMBERS INDICATE FECAL
 SAMPLES WITH A GIVEN FOOD PRESENT. SAMPLING BEGINS AT MID-MONTH.


Plant species


P. aequale
P. carrilloanum
P. cordulatum
P. marginatum
P. reticulatum
Piper 109
Piper 114
Piper 116
Piper 120
Piper 122
Piper 150


 C. castanea
Nov- Mar- Jul-
Mar Jul Nov
 Shrubs
 9 6
 1 1
 8 1
 4 1 1
 2 3


1 1
 3
 2


 C. perspicillata
 Nov- Mar- Jul-
Tot. Mar Jul Nov Tot.


 10
1 2


4 1
1 1
 1
2 1


1 11
 3
7 7
1 6
 2
 1
 3


Carludovica palmata
Solanum hayseii
Markea panamensis
Vismia 1
Vismia 2
Brosimum bernadettae
Cecropia exima
Quararibea asterolepsis
Dipteryx panamensis
Cassia undulata


Aechmeia tillandsoides


Trees
 1
 2
 2 11
 1 3


1 1


1 7 1
 3


Epiphytes


Unknowns
 1
 1 1


Unknown 104
Unknown 123
Unknown 125
Unknown 127
Insects


TABLE 9.-FEEDING NICHE BREADTHS OF GROUNDSTORY FRUGIVORES. SAMPLE SIZES FOR
 CALCULATING NICHE BREADTHS ARE As IN TABLE 8.


Genera of known food plants
Species of known food plants
Percent of diet composed of pipers
Niche breadth (log, B)


C. castanea
 8
 18
78 (N = 60)


C. perspicillata
 10
 24
 27 (N = 103)
 2.63


 1
1 9
 5
5 9
 2
 3
2 3
6 6
 8
 3


4 4
 2
 6


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