New approaches to ecology and conservation: phylogenetic and functional diversity of amphibians and snakes of Brazilian Atlantic Forest

• Grant number: 14/23677-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: September 01, 2016 - February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Theoretical Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Grantee: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

To understand the main factors structuring biodiversity is a major challenge in ecology. It is possible to test multiple structuring processes, including biogeographical, ecological and neutral, from recent theoretical and analytical advances in metacommunity ecology. Species diversity is often treated as a representative property of community structure, and more widely of metacommunities. When compared to taxonomic or species diversity, analyses of phylogenetic diversity (component of evolutionary history) and functional diversity (set of functional traits) of a community allow more objective assessments of its structure. Other important aspects for a better understanding of the structure and status of biodiversity conservation are population declines and extinctions caused by diseases. The chytridiomycosis caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is considered one of the major threats to amphibians worldwide. But little is known about its relationships with natural history, evolution and amphibian distribution. Other important factors relatively poorly studied in Brazil are the effects of habitat loss and forest fragmentation. Snakes are also model organisms for ecological studies and are quite sensitive to modification of natural habitats. The Atlantic Forest is one of the richest biomes in biodiversity, but one of the most devastated and threatened in Brazil. It is believed that its high species richness and endemism for amphibians and snakes are related to its structural heterogeneity. This project aims to analyze the species diversity, phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity of amphibians and snakes of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and their possible structuring factors, to assess the conservation status of these groups, and to propose additional guidelines and criteria for biodiversity conservation. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

PONTES-NOGUEIRA, MATHEUS; MARTINS, MARCIO; ALENCAR, V, LAURA R.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. The role of vicariance and dispersal on the temporal range dynamics of forest vipers in the Neotropical region. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 9, SEP 17 2021. (17/11796-1, 18/14091-1, 14/23677-9)

GUEDES, THAIS B.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; ZIZKA, ALEXANDER; LAFFAN, SHAWN; FAURBY, SOREN; PYRON, R. ALEXANDER; BERNILS, RENATO S.; JANSEN, MARTIN; PASSOS, PAULO; PRUDENTE, ANA L. C.; et al. Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 27, n. 1, p. 14-21, JAN 2018. (13/04170-8, 11/50206-9, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7, 14/18837-7)

MESQUITA, ANDREA F. C.; LAMBERTINI, CAROLINA; LYRA, MARIANA; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; JAMES, TIMOTHY Y.; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BECKER, C. GUILHERME. Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, NOV 30 2017. (14/23388-7, 16/25358-3, 13/50741-7, 14/23677-9)

SOUZA, FRANCO; RODRIGUES, JOAO; OLALLA-TARRAGA, MIGUEL; DINIZ-FILHO, JOSE; MARTINEZ, PABLO; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. Niche divergence and diversification in South American freshwater turtles of the genus Acanthochelys (Chelidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 40, n. 4, p. 475-485, 2019. (14/23677-9)

DA MOTTA PORTILLO, JOSE THALES; OUCHI-MELO, LILIAN SAYURI; CRIVELLARI, LUCAS BATISTA; LOPES DE OLIVEIRA, THIAGO ALVES; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; DUARTE, LEANDRO DA SILVA. Area and distance from mainland affect in different ways richness and phylogenetic diversity of snakes in Atlantic Forest coastal islands. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 9, n. 7, p. 3909-3917, APR 2019. (13/26101-8, 14/23677-9)

LOURENCO-DE-MORAES, RICARDO; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; GUERRA, VINICIUS; FERREIRA, RODRIGO B.; AFFONSO, IGOR DE PAIVA; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; BASTOS, ROGERIO P.. Nesting patterns among Neotropical species assemblages: can reserves in urban areas be failing to protect anurans?. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, v. 21, n. 5, p. 933-942, OCT 2018. (13/50741-7, 08/50928-1, 14/23677-9)

NAVARRO-LOZANO, ALBA; SANCHEZ-DOMENE, DAVID; ROSSA-FERES, DENISE C.; BOSCH, JAIME; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. Are oral deformities in tadpoles accurate indicators of anuran chytridiomycosis?. PLoS One, v. 13, n. 1, JAN 10 2018. (14/23677-9, 10/52321-7)

MALAGOLI, LEO R.; DE SA, FABIO P.; CANEDO, CLARISSA; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.. A New Species of Hylodes (Anura, Hylodidae) from Serra do Mar, Southeastern Brazil: The Fourth with Nuptial Thumb Tubercles. Herpetologica, v. 73, n. 2, p. 136-147, JUN 2017. (08/50928-1, 14/50342-8, 14/23677-9, 13/50741-7, 10/14117-9)

LEAO-PIRES, THIAGO A.; LUIZ, AMOM MENDES; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. The complex roles of space and environment in structuring functional, taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity of frogs in the Atlantic Forest. PLoS One, v. 13, n. 4, APR 19 2018. (14/23677-9, 10/52321-7)

SILVA-SOARES, THIAGO; MALAGOLI, LEO RAMOS; GONCALVES CRUZ, CARLOS ALBERTO; CARAMASCHI, ULISSES. On the taxonomy and natural history of the secretive Ischnocnema lactea (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923) (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Brachycephalidae). Zootaxa, v. 4444, n. 2, p. 137-153, JUL 9 2018. (14/23677-9, 13/50741-7, 08/50928-1, 14/50342-8)

CONDEZ, THAIS H.; MONTEIRO, JULIANE P. C.; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; TREVINE, VIVIAN C.; SCHUNCK, FABIO; GARCIA, PAULO C. A.; HADDAD, CELLO F. B.. Notes on the Hyperossified Pumpkin Toadlets of the Genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) with the Description of a New Species. Herpetologica, v. 77, n. 2, p. 176-194, JUN 2021. (17/26281-7, 13/50741-7, 14/23677-9, 18/09691-0, 14/50342-8)

BARBO, FAUSTO E.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. Vicariance and regionalization patterns in snakes of the South American Atlantic Forest megadiverse hotspot. Journal of Biogeography, v. 48, n. 4, DEC 2020. (12/09156-0, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7)

AZEVEDO, JOSUE A. R.; GUEDES, THAIS B.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; PASSOS, PAULO; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; PRUDENTE, ANA L. C.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; STRUSSMANN, CHRISTINE; FRANCO, FRANCISCO L.; ARZAMENDIA, VANESA; et al. Museums and cradles of diversity are geographically coincident for narrowly distributed Neotropical snakes. ECOGRAPHY, v. 43, n. 2, NOV 2019. (11/50206-9, 13/04170-8, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7)

MALAGOLI, LEO RAMOS; PEZZUTI, TIAGO LEITE; BANG, DAVI LEE; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; RIBEIRO GIOVANELLI, JOAO GABRIEL; DE ANCHIETTA GARCIA, PAULO CHRISTIANO; SAWAYA, RICARDO JANNINI; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO. A new reproductive mode in anurans: Natural history of Bokermannohyla astartea (Anura: Hylidae) with the description of its tadpole and vocal repertoire. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 2, FEB 17 2021. (08/50928-1, 14/50342-8, 14/23677-9, 17/27137-7, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO C.; ARGOLO, ANTONIO J. S.; ARZAMENDIA, VANESA; AZEVEDO, JOSUE A.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; BERNILS, RENATO S.; BOLOCHIO, BRUNA E.; BORGES-MARTINS, MARCIO; BRASIL-GODINHO, MARCELA; BRAZ, HENRIQUE B.; et al. Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, n. 1, p. S1-S274, DEC 2019. (15/21259-8, 11/50206-9, 14/18837-7, 18/15926-0, 14/23677-9, 12/09156-0, 18/14091-1, 13/04170-8, 12/19858-2, 15/20215-7)

LISBOA, CYBELE S.; VAZ, I, RENATA; MALAGOLI, LEO R.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; VENTURINI, RACHEL C.; BRASILEIRO, CINTHIA A.. HERPETOFAUNA FROM AN ATLANTIC FOREST FRAGMENT IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 16, n. 2, p. 436-451, AUG 2021. (13/50741-7, 14/23677-9)

SILARA F. BATISTA; RICARDO J. SAWAYA; OTAVIO A.V. MARQUES. The role of spatial heterogeneity in diversity of squamate reptiles in the Atlantic Forest highlands of southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 93, n. 4, 2021-10-22. (12/07334-9, 15/14135-0, 14/23677-9)

MANZANO, MARIA CAROLINA R.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. nvironmental and phylogenetic aspects affect in different ways the acoustic niche of a frog community in southeastern Brazi. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 94, n. 1, 2022. (14/23677-9, 19/15218-8, 18/04520-2)