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Richness of bats species (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in two different habitats in the center south region, Paraná, Brazil

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Author(s):
Nelio R. dos Reis [1] ; Adriano L. Peracchi [2] ; Isaac P. de Lima [3] ; Wagner A. Pedro [4]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Laboratório de Mastozoologia - Brasil
[3] Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Laboratório de Mastozoologia - Brasil
[4] Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho. Departamento de Apoio à Saúde e Produção Animal - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia; v. 23, n. 3, p. 813-816, 2006-09-00.
Abstract

Preliminary study about the richness of species and the capture frequency of bats from two habitats: native forest and Araucária reforestation area, in the center east region of Paraná. The same capture effort for the two areas resulted in 11 species of bats captured in the native forest and eight in the Araucária reforestation area. The uniformity in species abundance - evenness - was higher in the native forest. In the Araucária reforestation area, ninety per cent of the collected individuals belonged only to two species. Results show that the primary forest with numerous niches presents high richness of species, but human action reduces the general richness, which reflects mainly in the small number of species. Myotis ruber is registered in both environments and related in the Brazilian list of threatened species of extinction. (AU)