Helminth fauna of amphibians and reptiles from three cerrado fisionomies

• Grant number: 12/20978-2
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: November 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Helminthology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Luciano Alves dos Anjos
• Grantee: Luciano Alves dos Anjos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres ; Drausio Honorio Morais ; Marcos Chiquitelli Neto ; Reinaldo José da Silva

Abstract

The Knowledge about the biological diversity on the planet is still scarce. Parasites represent an invisible diversity within the diversity that we see with naked eyes, constituting an important part of biodiversity in all ecosystems. The parasites in an ecosystem contribute to the maintenance of local diversity of hosts and ecosystem functions, and are important in the management plans and wildlife conservation. However, inventories of systematized helminths associated with wild animals in different biomes are scarce, including the various physiognomies of the Cerrado. The main objective of this project is to characterize the composition and structure compound communities of helminth associated with amphibians and reptiles in three physiognomies of Cerrado, transition semideciduous forest-savanna, cerrado sensu stricto and riparian forest at the Fazenda de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão - FEPE/UNESP, municipality of Selvíria, Mato Grosso do Sul State. Additionally, information about the parasite-host interaction will be related to the biological, ecological and phylogenetic species of hosts. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

AGUIAR, A.; MORAIS, D. H.; YAMADA, F. H.; DOS ANJOS, L. A.; DA SILVA, L. A. F.; DA SILVA, R. J.. Can differences between continental and insular habitats influence the parasites communities associated with the endemic frogHaddadus binotatus?. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, v. 94, 2020. (14/14298-4, 11/22603-3, 12/20978-2, 09/15104-0)

VACLAV, A. B. H. P.; ANJOS, L. A.; QUEIROZ, M. S.; NASCIMENTO, L. B.; GALDINO, C. A. B.. Nematode infection patterns in a Neotropical lizard species from an insular mountain habitat in Brazil. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, v. 91, n. 5, p. 578-582, SEP 2017. (12/20978-2)

BEZERRA, CASTIELE HOLANDA; PINHEIRO, LUAN TAVARES; DE MELO, GABRIELA CAVALCANTE; ZANCHI-SILVA, DJAN; QUEIROZ, MURILO DE SOUZA; DOS ANJOS, LUCIANO ALVES; HARRIS, DAVID JAMES; BORGES-NOJOSA, DIVA MARIA. Assessing the influence of geographic distance in parasite communities of an exotic lizard. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 61, n. 1, p. 136-143, JAN 2016. (12/20978-2)