When partitioning is not an option: Resource availability predicts intraguild interactions in two isolated Amazonian primate assemblages

Author:

Cavalcante Thiago1ORCID,Mourthé Ítalo23ORCID,Barnett Adrian A.45ORCID,Bicca‐Marques Júlio César6ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA Manaus Brazil

2. Programa de Pós‐graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação Universidade Federal do Pará Altamira Brazil

3. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá Tefé Brazil

4. Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Amazonas Manaus Brazil

5. Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil

6. Laboratório de Primatologia, Escola de Ciências da Saúde e da Vida Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS Porto Alegre Brazil

Abstract

AbstractAssemblage structure and acquisition of high‐value resources will usually be affected by changes in resource availability and differential competitive abilities of assemblage members. In fragmented habitats where carrying capacity limits are exceeded due to high population densities and biomass, interspecific interactions can be expected to occur at a high frequency, potentially turning into an important cost for coexistence. We studied assemblage‐ and guild‐level patterns of interspecific interactions in two highly diverse isolated primate assemblages in southern Amazonia. Specifically, we assessed the effects of temporal variation in fruit availability on the rates of interspecific interactions between gray woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana), one of the largest tree‐dwelling mammals of the Amazon forests, and nine syntopic primate species. We found that fruit availability positively predicted rate of intraguild interactions in contrast to overall assemblage interaction rate. We did not find statistical evidence for the effect of fruit availability on the assemblage rates of type‐dependent (i.e., agonistic or non‐agonistic) and context‐dependent (i.e., feeding or non‐feeding) interactions. However, there was a clear trend toward increased feeding‐related and agonistic‐related interactions as fruit availability increased, with agonistic interactions mostly occurring at guild‐level. These results provide support for a significant role of fruit availability in structuring spatial–temporal intraguild interactions at our study sites. Costly interspecific interactions and spatial habitat overlap can be expected to occur at a high frequency in highly diverse assemblages living in human‐modified landscapes, which in turn, can have potentially negative impacts to the species involved.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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