Functional and acoustic diversity of anuran communities

• Grant number: 19/15218-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: December 30, 2019
• End date: June 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Theoretical Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Grantee: Maria Carolina Rodella Manzano
• Supervisor: Diego Llusia Genique
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 18/04520-2 - Environmental and biotic influences: understanding acoustic diversity in anuran amphibian communities of Atlantic Forest, BP.MS

Abstract

Biological diversity can be defined as the variety and abundance of species in a defined place. It could be measured by its species number (alpha diversity) and the phylogenetic diversity. The functional diversity could be defined as the component of diversity that influences the ecosystem, generally measured from functional characteristics of organisms. In chorus systems presented by different groups of organisms it is important to understand the relationship between acoustic diversity and different components of biodiversity. The soundscape can be defined as the relationship between environment and the sound produced by species, varying across time and space. The soundscape is generally measured by acoustic diversity indexes. A chorus system like formed by amphibian anurans is an ideal model for studies of relationships between acoustic diversity and other components of biological diversity. Such relationships can contribute to understanding how these chorus systems are formed and maintained. Our general aim in this project is to investigate the functional diversity related to communication in different communities of frogs in southeastern Brazil. We also propose to develop a way of measuring acoustic diversity from individual variation. We expect this metric would be useful to explore the possible relationships between functional and acoustic diversity in amphibian anuran communities. (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)

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)

MARIA CAROLINA R. MANZANO; RICARDO J. SAWAYA. Environmental and phylogenetic aspects affect in different ways the acoustic niche of a frog community in southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 94, n. 1, 2022-01-07. (19/15218-8)

MANZANO, MARIA CAROLINA RODELLA; TAKENO, MICHELE FERNANDES; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. Advertisement calls of 18 anuran species in the megadiverse Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil: review and update. Zootaxa, v. 5178, n. 5, p. 20-pg., 2022-08-30. (18/04520-2, 19/15218-8, 20/12658-4, 14/23677-9)

RODELLA MANZANO, MARIA CAROLINA; CHAGAS, DANIEL GARCIA; DE SENA FERREIRA, JULIA MONTENEGRO; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; LLUSIA, DIEGO. Reinforced acoustic divergence in two syntopic neotropical treefrogs. BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING, v. 31, n. 2, p. 15-pg., 2021-04-15. (14/23677-9, 18/04520-2, 19/15218-8)