Community structure of amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals in the Cerrado: the role of local and regional factors

• Grant number: 15/21259-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Marcio Roberto Costa Martins
• Grantee: Marcio Roberto Costa Martins
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo
• Associated researchers: Ana Paula Carmignotto ; Cristiano de Campos Nogueira ; Hamanda Badona Cavalheri ; Leandro Reverberi Tambosi ; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya

Abstract

Although the composition and richness of the Cerrado vertebrate fauna have been relatively well studied, few studies focused on the causes of local and regional variation in community structure. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of these causes by sampling amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals in a Cerrado vegetation mosaic and gathering additional data in the literature for these groups. The objectives of this proposal are: (1) to describe the structure of amphibian, reptile, and small mammal assemblages of different Cerrado vegetation types; (2) to describe the structure of amphibian assemblages in water bodies; (3) to test the effect of habitat structure on amphibian, reptile, and small mammal assemblages of different vegetation types; (4) to test the effect of habitat structure on amphibian assemblages in water bodies; and (5) to test the hypothesis that the physical conditions of dense Cerrado physiognomies function as an environmental filter for cerrado amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals. Samplings will be carried out at the Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara (Águas de Santa Bárbara, SP) using pitfall and live traps, and visual/auditory surveys. Current methods will be used in the diversity comparisons, multivariate analyses will be used to test for associations between diversity and habitat structure, and community phylogenetics methods will be used to detect environmental filter. (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)

ALONSO CARBAJAL-MARQUEZ, RUBEN; ROGELIO CEDENO-VAZQUEZ, J.; MARTINS, MARCIO; KOEHLER, GUNTHER. LIFE HISTORY, ACTIVITY PATTERN, AND MORPHOLOGY OF CROTALUS TZABCAN KLAUBER, 1952 (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE). Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 15, n. 1, p. 228-237, APR 2020. (15/21259-8)

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)

BENICIO, RONILDO A.; MARTINS, MARCIO. Defensive behavior of a juvenile Crotalus durissus LINNAEUS, 1758. HERPETOZOA, v. 30, n. 3-4, p. 2-pg., 2018-02-28. (15/11821-0, 15/21259-8)

MENEGUCCI, RAFAEL COSTABILE; BERNARDE, PAULO SERGIO; MONTEIRO, WUELTON MARCELO; NETO, PEDRO FERREIRA; MARTINS, MARCIO. Envenomation by an opisthoglyphous snake, Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Dipsadidae), in southeastern Brazil. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 52, 2019. (15/21259-8)

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, p. 274-pg., 2019-12-01. (12/19858-2, 18/15926-0, 13/04170-8, 12/09156-0, 18/14091-1, 11/50206-9, 14/18837-7, 15/20215-7, 14/23677-9, 15/21259-8)

CARBAJAL-MARQUEZ, RUBEN A.; ROGELIO CEDENO-VAZQUEZ, J.; GONZALEZ-SOLIS, DAVID; MARTINS, MARCIO. Diet and Feeding Ecology of Crotalus tzabcan (Serpentes: Viperidae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 15, p. 9-19, APR 2020. (15/21259-8)

MENDOZA-ROLDAN, JAIRO; RIBEIRO, STEPHANY ROCHA; CASTILHO-ONOFRIO, VALERIA; GRAZZIOTIN, FELIPE GOBBI; ROCHA, BRUNO; FERRETO-FIORILLO, BRUNO; PEREIRA, JOSIVANIA SOARES; BENELLI, GIOVANNI; OTRANTO, DOMENICO; BARROS-BATTESTI, DARCI MORAES. Mites and ticks of reptiles and amphibians in Brazil. Acta Tropica, v. 208, AUG 2020. (16/50127-5, 15/21259-8, 17/12910-2)

DURIGAN, GISELDA; PILON, NATASHI A. L.; ABREU, RODOLFO C. R.; HOFFMANN, WILLIAM A.; MARTINS, MARCIO; FIORILLO, BRUNO F.; ANTUNES, ALEXSANDER Z.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; MARAVALHAS, JONAS B.; VIEIRA, JESICA; et al. No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna. FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE, v. 3, FEB 19 2020. (16/17888-2, 18/14091-1, 15/21259-8)

FIORILLO, BRUNO F.; MACIEL, JORGE HENRY; MARTINS, MARCIO. Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil. ZOOKEYS, n. 1056, p. 95-147, AUG 19 2021. (20/12658-4, 15/21259-8)

BIRSKIS-BARROS, IRINA; ALENCAR, LAURA R. V.; PRADO, PAULO I.; BOHM, MONIKA; MARTINS, MARCIO. Ecological and Conservation Correlates of Rarity in New World Pitvipers. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 11, n. 9, SEP 2019. (12/22197-8, 18/14091-1, 16/14292-1, 15/21259-8, 12/02038-2, 11/50206-9, 12/15398-7)

FIORILLO, BRUNO F. F.; FAGGIONI, GABRIEL PAGANINI; CEREZER, FELIPE OSMARI; BECKER, C. GUILHERME; DIAZ-RICAURTE, JUAN C.; MARTINS, MARCIO. Effects of environmental factors on the ecology and survival of a widespread, endemic Cerrado frog. Biotropica, v. 55, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2023-02-17. (20/12658-4, 18/14091-1, 15/21259-8)

GALETTI, MAURO; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE R.; SANTOS, MARCOS C. DE O.; DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA P. M.; LIMA, FERNANDO; VANCINE, MAURICIO H.; MUYLAERT, RENATA L.; GONCALVES BONFIM, FERNANDO CESAR; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; et al. Mammals in Sao Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 11-pg., 2022-01-01. (21/10195-0, 20/12658-4, 13/19377-7, 21/08534-0, 15/21259-8, 18/16662-6, 19/20525-7, 11/22449-4, 15/17739-4, 16/19106-1, 12/04096-0, 14/10192-7, 18/50038-8, 20/01779-5, 17/23548-2, 11/20022-3, 10/52315-7, 14/01986-0, 08/03099-0, 18/14091-1, 14/09300-0, 13/50421-2)

ALONSO CARBAJAL-MARQUEZ, RUBEN; ROGELIO CEDENO-VAZQUEZ, J.; MARTINS, MARCIO; KOEHLER, GUNTHER. LIFE HISTORY, ACTIVITY PATTERN, AND MORPHOLOGY OF CROTALUS TZABCAN KLAUBER, 1952 (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE). HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY, v. 15, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2020-04-01. (15/21259-8)