Mapping LULC types in the Cerrado-Atlantic Forest ecotone region using a Landsat time series and object-based image approach: A case study of the Prata River Basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

ABSTRACT We described infracommunities, prevalence and mean intensity of infestation of ecotoparasite flies (Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) on bats in an ecotone area of Cerrado as predominant vegetation, with influence of Atlantic Forest, in the southeast of Mato Grosso do Sul. In 36 sampling nights between April 2015 and August 2016 (23,328 m².h), we captured 17 bat species, of which ten were infested, and 14 species of fly. The most abundant bats were the phyllostomids Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823), Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1776) and Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) and the most abundant flies were the streblids Trichobius longipes (Rudow, 1871), T. joblingi Wenzel, 1966 and Megistopoda aranea (Coquillett, 1899). Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) was the bat species that presented the highest infestation rate. Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) and Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) were not infested. Besides that, the frequency of bats that were infested by a single species of fly was higher than the frequency of bats infested for two or more, and it may be a pattern.

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Subterranean biodiversity in the Serra da Bodoquena karst area, Paraguay river basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Southwestern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-06032014011414 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Lívia Medeiros Cordeiro ◽

Rodrigo Borghezan ◽

Eleonora Trajano

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Karst Area ◽

Karst Aquifers ◽

Effective Protection ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Base Level ◽

Paraguay River ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽

Subterranean Species

We present herein a synthesis of faunistic data from caves in the Serra da Bodoquena karst area, middle Paraguay River basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State. Those include phreatic, submerged and dry caves. Emphasis is given to troglobites (exclusively subterranean species), potentially threatened due to their morphological, physiological and behavioral specializations, associated to generally small distributions. The Bodoquena karst area distinguishes as a spot of high diversity of troglobites, such as trichomycterid and heptapterid catfishes, aquatic planarians and gastropods, arachnids (Eusarcus opilionids, ctenid spiders), Polydesmida diplopods, several collembolans, some insects, and Peracarida crustaceans, which include interesting phylogenetic relicts as spelaeogriphaceans. Four geographic compartments corresponding to microbasins, seemingly with biogeographic importance for the subterranean fauna, are recognized. Phreatobic troglobites (Trichomycterus catfishes, aquatic peracarids, planarians) distribute widely across these compartments and some well beyond (the spelaeogriphacean Potiicoara brasiliensis reaches Mato Grosso state), while those living in base-level streams (Rhamdia and Ancistrus catfishes) and the terrestrial ones, that live in the vadose (aerated zone) are generally restricted to one compartment. Many subterranean ecosystems in Mato Grosso do Sul are endangered by several threats described here and urgent actions for effective protection are required to guarantee a sustainable use of the land and the karst aquifers.

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A deep learning approach for hydrological time-series prediction: A case study of Gilgit river basin

Earth Science Informatics ◽

10.1007/s12145-020-00477-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 915-927 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dostdar Hussain ◽

Tahir Hussain ◽

Aftab Ahmed Khan ◽

Syed Ali Asad Naqvi ◽

Akhtar Jamil

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Deep Learning ◽

River Basin ◽

Time Series Prediction ◽

Learning Approach

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Conservation status of Astyanax biotae (Characiformes: Characidae) in Mato Grosso do Sul, upper Paraná River basin, Brazil

Biotemas ◽

10.5007/2175-7925.2018v31n4p47 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 47-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria José Alencar Vilela ◽

Francisco Severo-Neto ◽

Fernando Rogério Carvalho

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Paraná River ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Parana River ◽

Upper Paraná River ◽

Upper Paraná River Basin ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽

Paraná River Basin

Astyanax biotae é uma espécie originalmente descrita em um afluente do Rio Paranapanema, bacia do alto Paraná. Durante amostragens realizadas em drenagens dos rios Ivinhema e Verde, no sistema do alto Paraná, em Mato Grosso do Sul, exemplares de A. biotae foram coletados em cabeceiras de pequenos riachos e em lagoas de várzea, tanto em Unidades de Conservação como em áreas de agricultura intensiva. Os dados morfomerísticos de 20 indivíduos analisados foram similares aos da série-tipo. Exemplares testemunhos estão depositados nas coleções ictiológicas da UFMS (ZUFMS), UEMS (CPUEMS) e UNESP (DZSJRP). Com base nos critérios da IUCN, sugerimos sua classificação como Menos Preocupante (LC) no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, considerando principalmente a inexistência de ameaças efetivas em duas das áreas de ocorrência da espécie, situadas dentro de Unidades de Conservação. No entanto, reforçamos a urgência em medidas para a proteção das regiões de cabeceiras de riachos, a fim de evitar o aumento do desmatamento, assoreamento e poluição agrícola, problemas recorrentes no Cerrado, que comprometem severamente a manutenção desses hábitats e suas espécies. É necessário investir em estudos sobre a biologia da espécie e ampliar as amostragens, buscando diminuir os vazios amostrais ainda existentes nas drenagens estaduais.

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A new species of Lauromacromia (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Southeastern Brazil, with a cladistic analysis of the genus and comments on Neotropical dragonfly biogeography

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2425.1.3 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2425 (1) ◽

pp. 45 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

ÂNGELO PARISE PINTO ◽

ALCIMAR DO LAGO CARVALHO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Cladistic Analysis ◽

Sister Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Parsimonious Tree ◽

Male Characters ◽

Species Groups ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Lauromacromia melanica sp. nov. from Conceição da Barra municipality, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, is described and illustrated based on two males (both in MNRJ nº 135). The new species is similar to L. picinguaba differing from it mainly by the absence of pale spots on S3–6 and by the ellipsoid shape of metepisternal pale stripe. A key for males of all species of the genus is provided. A cladistic analysis encompassing 43 external morphological male characters carried out in two distinct procedures, the first with all characters unordered and the second with two or three state characters ordered. The unordered analysis generated only one most-parsimonious tree (66 steps of length, CI = 0.69, RI = 0.62). The hypothesis of monophyly of Lauromacromia is supported and includes three groups, one formed by the Atlantic Forest species (L. melanica sp. nov. + L. picinguaba), and another by the Cerrado species (L. flaviae + (L. bedei + L. luismoojeni)), and L. dubitalis, positioned in polytomy with these two groups. The ordered analysis also generated only one most-parsimonious tree (68 steps of length, CI = 0.70, RI = 0.67), which maintained the monophyly of Lauromacromia but L. dubitalis positioned basally as sister-group to the Atlantic Forest + Cerrado species groups. The geographic distribution of Lauromacromia is updated with a new record of L. luismoojeni based on one adult male (Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul State) and probable first Brazilian records for L. dubitalis (Amazonas and Pará States) based on two larvae. A vicariance hypothesis is proposed to explain spatial evolution of Lauromacromia, and based on current biogeographical classifications we consider Gomphomacromia and Rialla apart from Neotropical biota. Some aspects of biology and ecology of Lauromacromia are also discussed.

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Scalable pixel-based crop classification combining Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 data time series: Case study of the Duero river basin

Agricultural Systems ◽

10.1016/j.agsy.2019.01.005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 171 ◽

pp. 36-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Laura Piedelobo ◽

David Hernández-López ◽

Rocío Ballesteros ◽

Amal Chakhar ◽

Susana Del Pozo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

River Basin ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Crop Classification ◽

Sentinel 2

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Sugarcane Industry Expansion and Changing Rural Labour Regimes in Mato Grosso do Sul (2000–2016)

Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_11 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 217-238

Author(s):

Kristina Lorenzen

Keyword(s):

Social Inequalities ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Global Dynamics ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Green Development ◽

Land Relations ◽

Development Discourses ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽

Sugarcane Industry

AbstractThe objective of this chapter is to assess how the expanding production of biofuels as part of an emerging bioeconomy affects existing social inequalities in labour and land relations. A case study method was applied to investigate the growth of the sugarcane industry in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2000 and 2016. The analytical framework of social inequalities and a rural labour regime approach guided the research and data analysis. This chapter shows that the expansion of biofuels was propelled by an entanglement of global dynamics such as land grabbing and green development discourses, as well as national policies that fostered bioethanol production. The expansion of the sugarcane industry in Mato Grosso do Sul led to changes in existing labour regimes. The most striking changes were the increased but temporal semi-proletarianisation of peasants in agrarian reform settlements and the double exclusion of the Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous people.

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Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/14.2.363 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 363-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Valéria Flávia Batista-Silva ◽

Augusto Frota ◽

Elaine Antoniassi Luiz Kashiwaqui ◽

Milza Celi Fedatto Abelha ◽

Dayani Bailly ◽

...

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Forest Restoration ◽

Riparian Forest ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Conservation Practices ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Santa Maria ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

The ichthyofauna from 3 streams (Água Boa, Perobão, and Santa Maria) to the lower Iguatemi River were inventoried, which is located in the upper Paraná river basin, in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Sites in the upper, intermediate, and lower portions of each stream were quarterly electrofished from March to December 2008. All sampled fish (n = 6,816 individuals) represented 43 species of 5 orders, and 16 families. The most abundant species was Phalloceros harpagos (63.5%), followed by Astyanax aff. paranae (10.6%), Hypostomus ancistroides (5.9%), Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (3.4%), and Knodus moenkhausii (2.7%). Despite the high ichthyofauna richness in the lower portion of Iguatemi River, the need to implement and/or expand soil conservation practices and riparian forest restoration is of utmost importance to maintain these populations in the long term.

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Bat fauna of Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-06032015006614 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Erich Fischer ◽

Carolina Ferreira Santos ◽

Luiz Felipe Alves da Cunha Carvalho ◽

George Camargo ◽

Nicolay Leme da Cunha ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

South American ◽

Complementary Information ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Data Compilation ◽

New Findings ◽

First Time ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Bats have been increasingly studied in the last 15 years in Mato Grosso do Sul, and several records were not yet considered in reviews of South American bat distributions. Here, we present the bat species and their distributions in Mato Grosso do Sul based mainly on data compilation from literature, but also on complementary information from zoological collections, and our and colleagues’ unpublished records. We found 74 species of bats within 42 genera and seven families already reported in Mato Grosso do Sul. Bat species in this state represent 44% of the Brazilian’s bat species (≅ 169) and 7% of the world’s bat richness (≅ 1120). Phyllostomidae (42) and Molossidae (17) were the richest families. Four species formerly cited for Mato Grosso do Sul are not supported by our compilation, and other 15 species recorded in the vicinity are listed as potential occurrences in this state. We additionally found controversial traits for specimens of Platyrrhinus helleri, and report Eumops dabbenei for the first time in Brazil. Most species were recorded in the regions of Cerrado (60) or Pantanal (57) in Mato Grosso do Sul, but only 16 in the Atlantic Forest. Records of Phyllostomidae species were mostly found in Cerrado and those of Molossidae, in Pantanal. Records in Mato Grosso do Sul determine edges of distribution for at least 22 species of South American bats. The overall known chiropteran fauna of Mato Grosso do Sul is highly diverse and new findings are expected through additional surveys.

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