| Grant number: | 02/12538-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Young Investigators Grants |
| Start date: | November 01, 2003 |
| End date: | March 31, 2004 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Ecology |
| Principal Investigator: | Adriano Sanches Melo |
| Grantee: | Adriano Sanches Melo |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
Abstract
The project has the aim of studying patterns and processes which act upon the diversity of insects in streams. Some subprojects will tackle the diversity of insects in general during the aquatic phase (generally immature). In other subprojects, attention will be given to the adults (terrestrial) of an important component of the fauna of insects in rivers, the Trichoptera. In the subprojects which tackle patterns of diversity, the collections will be handled in a hierarchical manner, in such a way as to enable interferences on the spatial components of the diversity. In the subprojects that deal with processes that act upon the diversity, studies are intended which will evaluate the effect of natural disturbances as well as disturbances of anthropic origin. Among the products envisaged, are the determinations of associations between larvae and adults of Trichoptera, identification keys of the genuses of Trichoptera (larva and adult), an estimate of the number of Trichoptera in São Paulo and the proportion of species already described, determination of the recurrent characteristics of communities in preserved and degraded environments and understanding of the effects caused by disturbances of natural and anthropic origin. (AU)
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