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| Autor(es): |
Goncalves-Souza, Thiago
[1]
;
Brescovit, Antonio D.
[2]
;
Rossa-Feres, Denise de C.
[1]
;
Romero, Gustavo Q.
[1]
Número total de Autores: 4
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| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Dept Zool & Bot, IBILCE, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
[2] Inst Butantan, Lab Artropodes Peconhentos, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 2
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY; v. 38, n. 2, p. 270-279, 2010. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 16 |
| Resumo | |
Although bromeliads can be important in the organization of invertebrate communities in Neotropical forests, few studies support this assumption. Bromeliads possess a three-dimensional architecture and rosette grouped leaves that provide associated animals with a good place for foraging, reproduction and egg laying, as well as shelter against desiccation and natural enemies. We collected spiders from an area of the Atlantic Rainforest, southeastern Brazil, through manual inspection in bromeliads, beating trays in herbaceous+shrubby vegetation and pitfall traps in the soil, to test if: 1) species subsets that make up the Neotropical forest spider community are compartmentalized into different habitat types (i.e., bromeliads, vegetation and ground), and 2) bromeliads are important elements that structure spider communities because they generate different patterns of abundance distributions and species composition, and thus amplify spider beta diversity. Subsets of spider species were compartmentalized into three habitat types. The presence of bromeliads represented 41% of the increase in total spider richness, and contributed most to explaining the high beta diversity values among habitats. Patterns of abundance distribution of the spider community differed among habitats. These results indicate that bromeliads are key elements in structuring the spider community and highlight the importance of Bromeliaceae as biodiversity amplifiers in Neotropical ecosystems. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 04/13658-5 - Associações entre aranhas e plantas: história natural, interações multitróficas e mutualismos |
| Beneficiário: | Gustavo Quevedo Romero |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores |
| Processo FAPESP: | 99/05446-8 - Biodiversidade de Arachnida e Myriapoda do estado de São Paulo |
| Beneficiário: | Antonio Domingos Brescovit |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 02/11277-9 - Análise cladística dos gêneros de Sparassidae Bertkau (Arachnida, Araneae) com ênfase nos gêneros neotropicais |
| Beneficiário: | Cristina Anne Rheims |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado |
| Processo FAPESP: | 06/59410-0 - Aracnídeos (Arachnida: Araneae e Opiliones) sobre bromélias em um remanescente de Mata Atlântica no Estado do Espírito Santo: associações específicas, arquitetura das bromélias e estrutura de comunidades |
| Beneficiário: | Thiago Gonçalves Souza |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado |