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| Provedor de dados: |
Rev. Bras. Zool.
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Brazil
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| Título: |
Diet of Brachycephalus brunneus (Anura: Brachycephalidae): in the Atlantic Rainforest of Paraná, southern Brazil
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| Autores: |
Fontoura,Pedro Luiz
Ribeiro,Luiz Fernando
Pie,Marcio Roberto
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| Data: |
2011-10-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Acari
Feeding
Foraging
Litter frog
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| Resumo: |
Saddleback toads (Brachycephalidae: Brachycephalus) are a remarkable group of highly endemic species from the southern Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil. They are brightly colored, diurnal, minute frogs that live in the leaf litter of high-elevation cloud forests. Little is known about the natural history of these frogs, particularly their diet. In the present study we provide the first published account of a Brachycephalus species diet. Specimens of Brachycephalus brunneus Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad & Reis, 2005 (N = 20) were collected from two locations in the Serra do Mar mountain range in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. A total of 137 food items were recorded, with Acari being the most common item (62.4%). This prevalence is much higher than the actual availability of Acari in their environments (37.7% of all items in leaf litter samples) and therefore indicate their preference for this food item.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Português
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000500019
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1984-46702011000500019
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Zoologia (Curitiba) v.28 n.5 2011
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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