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Provedor de dados: | 82
País: | Brazil
Título: | Arthropod recolonization in the restoration of a semideciduous forest in southeastern Brazil
Autores: | Pais,Mara P; Varanda,Elenice M.
Data: | 2010-04-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Formicidae; Seasonal forest; Monitoring; Ecological indicator.
Resumo: | The use of arthropods for monitoring habitat changes has grown widely in the last decades. In Brazil, however, most of the studies in restored areas have involved only vegetation changes. The present study aimed at investigating recolonization patterns of epigeic arthropods in recently restored sites of semideciduous forests in southeastern Brazil. We compared the community structure of adjoining sites 5, 17, 29 and 36 months old with that at a nearby forest remnant (reference site). We also determined the most abundant species and looked for ecological indicator species of each site age. Arthropods were sampled using pitfall traps, and their assemblages were described and compared with multi- and univariate statistical methods. Species abundance and richness equivalent to the reference site were reached at five months after planting, however species composition was very distinctive not only in relation to the reference site, but also among restored sites. Some of the main species found in this restoration stage are common in agroecosystems or cerrado vegetation. Nevertheless, there was a clear trend of arthropod fauna in restored sites moving toward the fauna in the forest remnant over time. Our results also highlighted ants and termites because of their abundance and ants because of their high value as ecological indicators of restoration age.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000200009
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000200009
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.39 n.2 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess