2007
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132007000300007
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Feeding habits of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linnaeus 1766), in the Ecological Reserve of Taim (ESEC - Taim) - south of Brazil

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine feeding habitats of capybaras in the ESEC-Taim (RS, Brazil)

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“…The selection of monocotyledon foraging appears to be a common model among rodents, being observed, for example, in cavia (Microcavia australis) and tucotuco (Ctenomys eremophilus) in Argentina (Borruel et al 1998), and capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) at Taim wetlands (Borges and Colares 2007). In Argentina, Borgnia et al (2000) also observed a preference for monocotyledons by the coypus, attributing this fact to the presence of secondary metabolites in dicotyledons, which reduces its nutritional value.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The selection of monocotyledon foraging appears to be a common model among rodents, being observed, for example, in cavia (Microcavia australis) and tucotuco (Ctenomys eremophilus) in Argentina (Borruel et al 1998), and capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) at Taim wetlands (Borges and Colares 2007). In Argentina, Borgnia et al (2000) also observed a preference for monocotyledons by the coypus, attributing this fact to the presence of secondary metabolites in dicotyledons, which reduces its nutritional value.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since then, it has been used by many authors with different species of herbivores, including aquatic herbivores, like the Amazon manatee (Colares and Colares 2002), and semi-aquatic ones, like the capybara (Borges and Colares 2007). Studies of coypus' alimentary habits have been done in Argentina (Borgnia et al 2000, D'adamo 672 IONI G. COLARES, RAQUEL N. V. OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL M. OLIVEIRA and ELTON P. COLARES et al , Guichón et al 2003, France (Abbas 1988, 1991, and Italy (Prigioni et al 2005).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A abundância do gramado também confere vantagem ao parque Tingui, pois é no gramado (vegetação de cobertura) que se encontram as plantas mais consumidas pelas capivaras (QUINTANA et al, 1998;FORERO-MONTANÃ et al, 2003;BORGES;COLARES, 2007).…”
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“…Na área do campus é provável que exista uma tendência do grupo se manter numeroso ao longo do ano todo, já que é grande a oferta de alimento disponível, principalmente de cana-de-açúcar, inclusive com danos a esta cultura causado pelas capivaras. Segundo Ferraz et al (21) e Verdade & Ferraz (13) , nestas áreas alteradas, as fontes de alimentos disponíveis e a extinção local de grandes predadores são dois dos principais fatores que levam ao aparecimento desses grandes grupos, inclusive em matriz agrícola (21,22) , uma vez que as Capivaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) e a presença do carrapato... capivaras são herbívoros generalistas e oportunistas (67) .…”
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