PRIMEIRO REGISTRO DE DESCASCAMENTO DE Eucalyptus spp. POR MACACOS-PREGO (Sapajus nigritus, PRIMATES: CEBIDAE)

Abstract

Conflicts involving wild animals and forest plantations are registered all over the world, including the barkstripping of native and exotic tree species by primates. In Southern Brazil, the Brown-capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus) is well-known for damaging commercial plantations of Pinus spp. and Araucaria angustifolia . In this paper, however, we report, for the first time in the literature the bark-stripping of Eucalyptus spp. by these monkeys. Considering the growing areas of eucalypt plantations in Brazil and neighboring countries, the information presented here is of great importance to the economy of Forestry. It also enhances the need of scientific studies aimed to minimize the damage for the production without jeopardizing wildlife conservation, as those designed to monitor the availability of food resources (mainly fruits) in native forest remnants and to improve it through the restoration of degraded forests or even those that seek for natural deterrents.Conflitos envolvendo animais selvagens e plantios comerciais t\ueam sido comumente registrados em todo o mundo, incluindo o descascamento de \ue1rvores nativas ou ex\uf3ticas por primatas. No sul do Brasil, o macacoprego (Sapajus nigritus) \ue9 respons\ue1vel por provocar danos em plantios comerciais de Pinus spp e Araucaria angustifolia . Nesse artigo, apresentamos de forma in\ue9dita na literatura o descascamento de Eucalyptus spp. por macacos-prego. Considerando o crescimento das \ue1reas com plantios de eucaliptos no Brasil e pa\uedses vizinhos, a informa\ue7\ue3o apresentada aqui \ue9 de grande import\ue2ncia para a economia florestal. Ele tamb\ue9m ressalta a necessidade de estudos cient\uedficos que visem minimizar os danos causados \ue0 produ\ue7\ue3o sem comprometer a conserva\ue7\ue3o da vida selvagem, como aqueles que visam monitorar a disponibilidade de recursos alimentares (principalmente frutos) em fragmentos de floresta nativa e increment\ue1-la por meio da recupera\ue7\ue3o de \ue1reas depauperadas ou ainda aqueles que buscam compostos naturais deterrentes