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| Author(s): |
Claudia Tiemi Wazema
[1]
;
Victor Hideki Nagatani
[2]
;
Débora Rodrigues de Souza-Campana
[3]
;
Fabrício Severo Magalhães
[4]
;
Ricardo Sartorello
[5]
;
Maria Santina de Castro Morini
[6]
Total Authors: 6
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Alto Tietê. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
[2] Universidade Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Alto Tietê. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
[3] Universidade Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Alto Tietê. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
[4] Universidade Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Alto Tietê. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
[5] Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mapeamento e Análise da Paisagem. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
[6] Universidade Mogi das Cruzes. Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Alto Tietê. Núcleo de Ciências Ambientais - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Biota Neotropica; v. 20, n. 4 2020-09-18. |
| Abstract | |
Abstract: Discothyrea is a genus composed of specialist predatory species rarely recorded and with little known biology. Specimen collection is usually associated with preserved native vegetation. In this work, we explore the landscape of sites with occurrence of Discothyrea seeking to improve knowledge about the natural history of this genus. Species of Discothyrea were recorded in ten Atlantic Forest sites. We analyzed the landscape around the place of occurrence of each species using a 500-m buffer. We classified the landscape as heterogeneous and homogeneous according to the percentage of natural (native vegetation), urban, and rural areas. We found 67 specimens of Discothyrea; 59 of them were D. sexarticulata, occurring in 88% of the fragments. There were also eight specimens of D. neotropica occurring in 12% of the fragments. The results show that D. sexarticulata can be found in homogeneous landscapes with anthropic influence (0-51% of rural area and 0-68% of urban area). Discothyrea neotropica is found in heterogeneous landscapes with a dominant presence of native vegetation (between 74-95%). The results improve knowledge on the biology of Discothyrea mainly in relation to the vicinity of occurrence sites. In addition, the results indicate that regional studies are important to understand species ecology. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/50280-2 - Morphological variations in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the cultivation of sugar cane with different management forms |
| Grantee: | Débora Rodrigues de Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/50973-7 - Diversity of bacteria and invertebrates and its influence on the structure of the communities of litter ants in areas of Atlantic Rainforest |
| Grantee: | Maria Santina de Castro Morini |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/50294-2 - Structure of litter ant communities in extensive Eucalyptus grandis dunnii Maiden culture in Atlantic Forest areas |
| Grantee: | Maria Santina de Castro Morini |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |