Frog diversity in the Floresta Nacional de Chapecó, Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil

The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world's biological diversity hotspots but is nevertheless increasingly threatened with the rapid destruction and fragmentation of its natural areas. In the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, remnants of the mixed ombrophilous forest and seasonal deciduous forest exist as islands within large areas of agriculture, pastures and human settlements. Here we present information on species richness and habitat use by anurans in the Floresta Nacional de Chapecó, located in the western portion of the state of Santa Catarina. Anurans were surveyed by active search of potential reproductive sites from December 1998 to December 2001. A total of 29 species were recorded, most of which have a known distribution restricted to southern Brazil and adjacent countries (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and use open areas for reproduction. The species composition was most similar to other areas of mixed ombrophilous forest and seasonal deciduous forest from the extreme south of Brazil. The information in this study may support the implementation of conservation and management strategies in the area.

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Cyclone Bomb hits Southern Brazil in 2020

Journal of Atmospheric Science Research ◽

10.30564/jasr.v3i3.2163 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ricardo Gobato ◽

Alireza Heidari

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Atmospheric Pressure ◽

High Speed ◽

Satellite Images ◽

The State ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

High Area ◽

South Of Brazil ◽

Rapid Drop

An “explosive extratropical cyclone” is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when there is a very rapid drop in central atmospheric pressure. This phenomenon, with its characteristic of rapidly lowering the pressure in its interior, generates very intense winds and for this reason it is called explosive cyclone, bomb cyclone. With gusts recorded of 116 km/h, atmospheric phenomenon – “cyclone bomb” (CB) hit southern Brazil on June 30, the beginning of winter 2020, causing destruction in its influence over. One of the cities most affected was Chapecó, west of the state of Santa Catarina. The satellite images show that the CB generated a low pressure (976 mbar) inside it, generating two atmospheric currents that moved at high speed. In a northwest-southeast direction, Bolivia and Paraguay, crossing the states of Parana and Santa Catarina, and this draft that hit the south of Brazil, which caused the destruction of the affected states. Another moving to Argentina, southwest-northeast direction, due to high area of high pressure (1022 mbar). Both enhanced the phenomenon.

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Freshwater Fishes, Ilha de Santa Catarina, southern coastal drainage of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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10.15560/5.4.898 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 898 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vinicius A. Bertaco

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Freshwater Fishes ◽

The State ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Sampling Points

The ilha de Santa Catarina is situated in southern Brazil, Atlantic Forest, in the state of Santa Catarina, municipality of Florianópolis. Fish specimens were collected in 15 sampling points along the drainages of rio Córrego Grande, rio Palha, rio Ratones, rio Tavares, rio Vermelho, as well as in the channel of lagoa do Peri. Specimens belonging to 16 species (one of them exotic) were collected, distributed in 12 families and six orders.

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Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Platyrrhinus recifinus (O. Thomas, 1901): first confirmed record in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

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10.15560/7.2.139 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 139 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernando Carvalho ◽

Marta Elena Fabián

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

South Of Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina State

We report the first confirmed record of Platyrrhinus recifinus to Santa Catarina state, south of Brazil. The distribution of this species was expanded approximately 350 km south of its previous known limit.

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New record of Juliomys ossitenuis Costa, Pavan, Leite & Fagundes, 2007 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

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10.15560/16.4.805 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 805-809

Author(s):

Maíra Michalak de Souza ◽

Bruno Busnello Kubiak ◽

Renan Maestri ◽

Rafael Kretschmer ◽

Daniel Galiano

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Record ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Araucaria Forest ◽

Cytogenetic Analyses ◽

Ombrophilous Forest ◽

Dense Ombrophilous Forest ◽

Southeastern Region ◽

Santa Catarina State

Juliomys ossitenuis Costa, Pavan, Leite and Fagundes, 2007 was previously known in Brazil from the Atlantic Forest of the Southeastern Region to the Dense Ombrophilous Forest and Araucaria Forest of the Southern Region. The new record from Chapecó, in Santa Catarina state, confirmed by morphological and cytogenetic analyses, extends its distribution about 300 km westwards. This is the westernmost record for the species, in a region characterized by the transition between deciduous and Araucaria forests.

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Simple does not mean poor: grasslands and forests harbor similar ant species richness and distinct composition in highlands of southern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0507 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cristian Luan Klunk ◽

Eduardo Luís Hettwer Giehl ◽

Benedito Cortês Lopes ◽

Frederico Rottgers Marcineiro ◽

Félix Baumgarten Rosumek

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Species Composition ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

The State ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Ant Communities ◽

Mixed Forests

Abstract: Several studies addressed ant communities in the dense Atlantic Forest that runs along the Brazilian coast. However, comparatively little is known about the mixed forests and grasslands that occur in the southern range of the Atlantic Forest domain. In this study we performed the first standardized assessment of ants in the forest-grassland mosaic found in the highlands of the state of Santa Catarina. We aimed to investigate and compare ant richness and composition between mixed forests and grasslands in the main mountain range of south Brazil. Ants were collected in two years with ground pitfalls, tree pitfalls and litter samples. Sixty ant species were recorded, resulting in 22 new records for "Planalto Serrano" region and three for the state of Santa Catarina: Eurhopalothrix depressa, Pheidole radoszkowskii and Wasmannia williamsoni. There was significant dissimilarity in ant species composition between grasslands and forests, but no difference in ant species richness, even considering the higher number of strata in mixed forests. Similar richness and low number of arboreal species suggest that this ant community is structured similarly to temperate ones. Both habitats presented a large proportion of exclusive species. The fact that species composition between grassland and forest areas differed, coupled with the similarity in species richness between habitats and the record of new ant species for the region, calls for strong conservation efforts in grasslands of southern Brazil, which still are little protected by conservation areas.

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Bromeliad-associated mosquitoes from Atlantic forest in Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil (Diptera, Culicidae), with new records for the State of Santa Catarina

Iheringia Série Zoologia ◽

10.1590/s0073-47212006000300007 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 96 (3) ◽

pp. 315-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Gerson Azulim Müller ◽

Carlos Brisola Marcondes

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Secondary Forest ◽

The State ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

The Mean ◽

Medical Importance ◽

First Time

Bromeliad-associated mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Atlantic Forest in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, were studied, examining plants of Vriesea philippocoburgi Wawra and Aechmea lindenii (E. Morren) Baker var. lindenii at secondary Atlantic rain forest, and A. lindenii and Vriesea friburgensis Mez var. paludosa (L. B. Smith) at "restinga" per month, during 12 months. No immature forms of mosquitoes were collected from A. lindenii in the secondary forest. Collections obtained 368 immature mosquitoes, none of them from A. lindenii from rain forest. Culex (Microculex) spp. constituted 79.8% of the total, Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) spp. 17.93%, and Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii (Dyar & Knab, 1908) only 1.36%. The study shows the great predominance of species of medical importance not yet proved, and the small number of immature stages of anopheline mosquitoes. The rainfall, but not the mean temperatures, significantly influenced the quantity of mosquitoes from V. philippocoburgi. Significant differences between the quantities of immature forms of all the bromeliad species were found, and the shape of the plants could be important to the abundance of mosquitoes. All six species of Cx. (Microculex) found are recorded for the first time in the State of Santa Catarina, and all six species of Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) are recorded for the first time in bromeliads in this state.

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Ecological Characteristics of Atlantic Forest Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in the State of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

The Coleopterists Bulletin ◽

10.1649/0010-065x-73.3.693 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (3) ◽

pp. 693 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Malva Isabel Medina Hernández ◽

Pedro Giovâni da Silva ◽

Mariana Mrotskoski Niero ◽

Victor Michelon Alves ◽

Juliano André Bogoni ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Dung Beetles ◽

The State ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

Ecological Characteristics

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First record of Juliomys ossitenuis Costa, Pavan, Leite & Fagundes, 2007 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in Paraná state, southern Brazil

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10.15560/11.2.1561 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 1561

Author(s):

Guilherme Grazzini ◽

Cássio Marcelo Mochi-Junior ◽

Heloisa De Oliveira ◽

Jaqueline Dos Santos Pontes ◽

Fernanda Gatto de Almeida ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Araucaria Forest ◽

Cytogenetic Analyses ◽

Ombrophilous Forest ◽

Dense Ombrophilous Forest

Juliomys ossitenuis was previously known from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, where it occurs in Dense Ombrophilous Forest. The record of the species in Floresta Nacional de Piraí do Sul, in Paraná state, confirmed by morphological and cytogenetic analyses, extends its distribution about 200 km southwards. This is the first record of the species in the state and in an area of Mixed Ombrophilous Forest (Araucaria Forest).

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