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| Author(s): |
Joyce Montes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. , gráficos, ilustrações, mapas, tabelas. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) |
| Defense date: | 2003-06-11 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum;
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini;
Mario Antonio Navarro da Silva
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| Advisor: | Maria Anice Mureb Sallum |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Parasitology |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca/Centro de Referência e Informação da Faculdade de Saúde Pública; FSP /614.43 63 |
| Abstract | |
This study was carried out in Serra da Cantareira State Park, a reserve of tropical rain forest situated in the urban range. Mosquitoes were collected using CDC light trap baited with CO2 from 4:00pm to 9:00pm, from Februay 2001 to January 2002, twice a month, at the Núcleo Pedra Grande and Engordador. CDC-CO2 light traps were placed in several environments inside and outside the forest reserve, canopy, ground level, canopy edge, ground level egde and peridomicily. The goals were to compare the Culicidae fauna present in those environments; to analyse the faunistic composition using the number of species and the number of individuals; to estimate species richness and diversity. The analyses were carried out using Margalef\'s and Menhinik\'s divesity index. The similarity was calculated using Sorensen\'s index and the dominant species in each environment was estimated by the Berger-Parker\'s index. The mosquito heterogeneity of each environment was estimated utilizing Simpson\'s and Shannon\'s index. Relationship between species dominance and climatic changes was estimated by Spearmans correlation. Knowledgement of the Culicidae fauna present in a forest fragment is important because several parasites transmitted by mosquito species have enzootic cycles of transmition. Evaluating the potentiality of some species of mosquitoes to adapt to human environment increases the importance of studies on Culicidae fauna. (AU) | |