scholarly journals Seasonal pattern of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelita Maria Linzmeier ◽  
Cibele Stramare Ribeiro-Costa
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
And Behavior

The aim of this paper was to describe the seasonal patterns of Chrysomelidae and of its most abundant species at eight sites in different geomorphological and floristic regions in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. Samples with Malaise traps, from August 1986 to July 1988 were performed. The Chrysomelidae showed seasonal patterns with the highest abundance in the spring and/or summer at all sites, but with variations in the months of highest captures. Photoperiod was the variable that most influenced the seasonality of Chrysomelidae, and along with temperature and relative humidity, determined most of the seasonal patterns of the family at the different sites. Some dominant species of Chrysomelidae showed different seasonal pattern compared to the family level. A better knowledge of the seasonal distribution patterns of these species will only be possible when their life history, such as host plants and behavior, was better understood.

scholarly journals Diversity of Odonata (Insecta) in Seasonal Deciduous Forest fragments in southern Brazil (state of Rio Grande do Sul), with a new record for the state and comments on the seasonal distribution of the species

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateus Marques Pires ◽  
Carla Bender Kotzian ◽  
Cleber Sganzerla ◽  
Gabriel Prass ◽  
Marina Schmidt Dalzochio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Farm Ponds ◽  
First Occurrence

Abstract: We present an Odonata (Insecta) check list of species occurring in a fragment of the Seasonal Deciduous Forest (Atlantic Forest biome) from the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), southern Brazil, along with a list of the odonate species recorded in this phytoecological region for the state. In addition, we provide comments on the seasonal distribution of the species occurring in the study area. Two streams and seven farm ponds located in the middle course of the Jacuí River basin were surveyed between December 2007 and February 2009. Overall, we recorded 49 species from 21 genera and six families. Argia serva Hagen in Selys, 1865 (Coenagrionidade) had its first occurrence record mentioned for the state, elevating to 183 the total number of Odonata species occurring in Rio Grande do Sul. The number of species recorded in the study area corresponds to ~26% of the known Odonata diversity in RS. Libellulidae was the most species-rich family (22 species, ~45% of the total), followed by Coenagrionidae (18 species, 37% of the total). The checklist for the Seasonal Deciduous Forest in RS indicated the occurrence of 83 species of Odonata in this phytoecological region (~45% of the known odonate species in the state). This elevated diversity could be related to the density of the vegetation structure. In the study area, 20 species were found in streams, and 45 in farm ponds. Species occurrence showed marked seasonal patterns in the study area, with 88% of the species recorded from summer to autumn, and no species detected in streams in the winter. Moreover, 70% of the species were recorded in either one or two seasons in farm ponds, while 65% occurred solely in one season in streams. This result indicates that the life cycle of Odonata in southern Brazil is strongly influenced by seasonal patterns in temperature.

scholarly journals Multiple origins of insular woodiness on the Canary Islands are consistent with palaeoclimatic aridification

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen ◽  
Steven Janssens ◽  
Vincent Merckx ◽  
Rutger Vos ◽  
Luis Valente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Canary Island ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Evolutionary Transition ◽  
North African ◽  
Island Species ◽  
Chloroplast Markers ◽  
Multiple Origins ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level

ABSTRACTAimInsular woodiness, referring to the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness towards woodiness on islands, has arisen at least 38 times on the Canary Islands. Distribution patterns and physiological experiments have suggested a link between insular woodiness and increased drought stress resistance in current-day species, but we do not know in which palaeoclimatic conditions these insular woody lineages originated. Therefore, we estimated the timing of colonisation events and origin of woodiness of multiple Canary Island lineages and reviewed the palaeoclimate based on literature.LocationCanary Islands (Spain).Taxon37 lineages, including 24 insular woody and 13 non-insular woody (i.e. herbaceous, ancestrally woody, and derived woody).MethodsTo enable a simultaneous dating analysis for all 37 lineages, two chloroplast markers (matK and rbcL) for 135 Canary Island species and 103 closely related continental relatives were sequenced and aligned to an existing matK-rbcL dataset including ca 24,000 species that was calibrated with 42 fossils from outside the Canaries. After constraining the species to the family level, 200 RAxML runs were performed and dated with TreePL.ResultsWoodiness in 80-90% of the insular woody lineages originated within the last 7 Myr, coinciding with the onset of major aridification events nearby the Canaries (start of north African desertification, followed by Messinian salinity crisis); in ca 55-65% of the insular woody lineages studied, woodiness developed within the last 3.2 Myr during which Mediterranean seasonality (yearly summer droughts) became established on the Canaries, followed by dry Pleistocene glacial fluctuations.Main conclusionsAlthough details of the initial colonisation and settlement of many island plant lineages remain elusive, our results are consistent with palaeodrought as a potential driver for woodiness in most of the insular woody Canary Island lineages studied.

A new species and a new record of the spider genus Nesticus (Araneae, Nesticidae) from southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4231 (4) ◽  
pp. 564
Author(s):  
NARELLE ESTOL ◽  
EVERTON NEI LOPES RODRIGUES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
South American ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
South American Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

The spider family Nesticidae includes 233 species in 13 genera and is distributed almost worldwide (World Spider Catalog, 2016). However, the family is still poorly known in the Neotropical Region. The genus Nesticus Thorell, 1869 comprises 132 species and seven subspecies and was described based on N. cellulanus (Clerck, 1757), from Europe (World Spider Catalog, 2016). Meridional South American species of Nesticus were revised by Ott & Lise (2002). More recently, Faleiro & Santos (2011) described a new species from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and Torres et al. (2016) a new species from the province of Salta, Argentina. Nowadays, Nesticus is represented by six species in Brazil: Nesticus brasiliensis Brignoli, 1979; Nesticus brignolii Ott & Lise, 2002; Nesticus calilegua Ott & Lise, 2002; Nesticus ivone Faleiro & Santos, 2011; Nesticus potreiro Ott & Lise, 2002 and Nesticus taim Ott & Lise, 2002 (World Spider Catalog 2016). 

scholarly journals Seasonality of macroalgal communities in a subtropical drainage basin in Paraná state, southern Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
CCZ. Branco ◽  
RA. Krupek ◽  
CK. Peres
Keyword(s):  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Sampling Site ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Detrended Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Southern Brazil

Seasonal dynamics of macroalgal communities was analyzed monthly by samplings in three stream segments of the Pedras River Basin, mid-south region of Paraná State, southern Brazil, from April 2004 to March 2005. The seasonal fluctuations in macroalgal species richness and abundance were correlated with selected environmental variables. In general, the seasonal distribution patterns of these communities were distinct from those reported from other tropical and temperate regions, with higher macroalgal richness and abundance observed from late spring to late fall. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the stream variable most closely related with the temporal distribution pattern observed was temperature, which had a very similar seasonal pattern to the biological parameters. On the other hand, the floristic composition was quite diverse in the streams sampled. Among the 25 taxa identified, only two were common to the three streams whereas 15 were restricted to a single sampling site. These data indicate that, although temperature seems to be an effective relationship with global temporal pattern, particular characteristics of each stream can strongly influence the seasonal tendencies in local scale. The results of Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Cluster Analysis corroborated this observation.

scholarly journals Community structure and tree diversity in a subtropical forest in southern Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kauane Maiara Bordin ◽  
Letícia Daiana Ferreira ◽  
Adriano Rosina ◽  
Marciana Malacarne ◽  
Patricia Zanotelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Subtropical Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Floristic Similarity ◽  
Thermal Amplitude ◽  
Linkage Method

Abstract: Local and regional environmental variations lead to different species composition, creating transitional areas. An example is the Araucaria and Seasonal forest in southern Brazil. Our objectives were (1) to describe the tree community structure and composition of a subtropical forest in southern Brazil and (2) to compare the floristic relationships between two forest typologies (Araucaria and Seasonal forest) in order to characterize the study area and the distribution patterns of tree species. We conducted a survey at Chapecó National Forest (in southern Brazil) in an area of 1.2 ha, where all individuals ≥ 30 cm of circumference at breast height were sampled. Community structure was described using the traditional phytosociological parameters. The floristic relationships were obtained by comparing our results with compiled data from other scientific papers through cluster analyses using an unweighted average linkage method, based on Jaccard similarity coefficient. We sampled 809 individuals belonging to 61 species and 28 families. The richest family was Fabaceae and Coussarea contracta (Walp.) Müll.Arg. was the most abundant species. Taxonomic diversity was 3.06 and the evenness was 0.74. The floristic similarity revealed that species composition of our study area is more similar to Seasonal forest. Species composition is related to environmental factors such as great thermal amplitude and seasonality. This subtropical forest is well structured, highly diverse and extremely important for the local and regional biodiversity conservation.

Grenadiers of the World Oceans: Biology, Stock Assessment, and Fisheries

2008 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stock Assessment ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Bathymetric Range ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Mean Size ◽  
Species Specific

<em>Abstract.</em>—The principal aim of this study is to describe the distribution patterns of abundance and biomass, on a seasonal and bathymetric basis of the main macrourid species from the Spanish Gulf of Cadiz. The results from 23 bottom-trawl surveys carried out in the study area in spring and autumn of 1993–2006 were analyzed. The most abundant species captured were common Atlantic grenadier <em>Nezumia aequalis </em>and saddled grenadier <em>Coelorinchus coelorhincus. </em>In terms of biomass, softhead grenadier <em>Malacocephalus laevis </em>was the third most important species and bluntsnout grenadier <em>Nezumia sclerorhynchus </em>and glasshead grenadier <em>Hymenocephalus italicus </em>were the least abundant species. Of the five species caught in the surveys, only <em>N. aequalis</em>, <em>M. laevis </em>and <em>C. coelorhincus </em>were analyzed in detail; their yields expressed in number of individuals/h represented the higher values and showed higher yields in spring than in autumn, suggesting a seasonal pattern of abundance. However, <em>C. coelorhincus </em>did not show this pattern except between 1999 and 2004. <em>N. aequalis </em>showed the widest bathymetric range. The observed yields in the depth gradient for the three species revealed species-specific preferences for a determinate depth range. In relation to mean total size, larger individuals of <em>M. laevis </em>and <em>N. aequalis </em>were observed during the March surveys. <em>C. coelorhincus </em>was the only species that showed a slight increase in mean size with increasing depth.

scholarly journals Bat fauna of the Cerrado savanna of eastern Maranhão, Brazil, with new species occurrences

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Priscila Medeiros Olímpio ◽  
Marcelo Cardoso da Silva Ventura ◽  
Márcia de Jesus Oliveira Mascarenhas ◽  
Daiane Chaves do Nascimento ◽  
Fernanda Atanaena Gonçalves de Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abundant Species ◽  
The State ◽  
The Family ◽  
Trachops Cirrhosus ◽  
Cerrado Savanna ◽  
Environmental Protection Area ◽  
Protection Area ◽  
Few Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Occurrences

Abstract In Brazil, 179 bat species have been recorded to date, representing 68 genera and nine families. Few data are available on the bat fauna of the state of Maranhão, so the present study was based on a survey of the bat fauna of the Inhamum Municipal Environmental Protection Area (APA Inhamum) in the Cerrado savanna of the eastern extreme of the state. This inventory provides new records of bat species for the state of Maranhão and the Cerrado biome. A total of 31 species (four families) were collected, representing 39% of the bat species known to occur in Maranhão and 28.71% of the species described for the Cerrado. The family Phyllostomidae was the most diverse, with 23 species (74.20% of the total), and also the most abundant, with 86.09% of the specimens collected. The Molossidae (four species) was the second most diverse, followed by the Vespertilionidae (three species) and the Emballonuridae (one species). Carollia perspicillata was the most abundant species (28%).The records of Artibeus fimbriatus and Platyrrhinus fusciventris are the first for the Cerrado and were also recorded in Maranhão for the first time. The cumulative species curve did not reach an asymptote. The species Dermanura gnoma, Lasiurus blossevillii, Lasiurus ega, Micronycteris schmidtorum, Molossops temminckii, Platyrrhinus cf. recifinus, Phylloderma stenops and Trachops cirrhosus, were also recorded in Maranhão for the first time demonstrating the value of for mammal inventories and emphasizing the need for further surveys in this poorly-known region.

scholarly journals Ascidians at Currais islands, Paraná, Brazil: taxonomy and distribution

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Moreira da Rocha ◽  
Suzana Barros de Faria
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
New Records ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Conservation Unit ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
The North ◽  
North Side ◽  
Very High

The Currais Islands is a group of a few small rocky islands in the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil, which provides an interesting location for the study of ascidians. Subtidal diversity is very high and the islands have recently been proposed as a Conservation Unit. A field study was established on the largest island to understand ascidian distributions on spatial and temporal scales. Transects, sampled three times during 2002 and 2003, were established on northern and southern locations of the island as well as at three depths. Twenty species were recorded; the most common were Didemnum rodriguesi, Didemnum speciosum and Didemnum granulatum. Three species are possibly new and will be described elsewhere. An additional nine are new records for the state of Paraná: Perophora regina, Didemnum speciosum, Trididemnum orbiculatum, Eudistoma carolinense, Aplidium pentatrema, Molgula phytophila, Botryllus tuberatus, Symplegma brakenhielmi and Polyandrocarpa anguinea. While all these species are distributed between 6 and 15 m, there is a tendency to reduction of abundance towards 15 m in several species. Some species appear to prefer the north side of the island. Several species show temporal changes in abundance, with some being most common in the spring and others in the summer, but we can not affirm yet that there is a seasonal pattern between years.

scholarly journals Time and seasonal patterns of activity of phyllostomid in fragments of a stational semidecidual forest from the Upper Paraná River, Southern Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ortêncio Filho ◽  
NR. Reis ◽  
CV. Minte-Vera
Keyword(s):  
Linear Models ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
Paraná River ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Activity Increase ◽  
Time Pattern ◽  
Parana River ◽  
Upper Paraná River

Bats may exhibit different patterns of activity, considering aspects concerning niche dynamics as well as the establishment and permanence of the communities in the ecosystems. In this way, the present study analyzed the time and seasonal patterns of activity in different species of frequent phyllostomid bats in remnants of the stational semidecidual forest from the Upper Paraná River, Southern Brazil. Captures were performed between January and December, 2006, using 32 mist nets set above the soil along the nocturnal period during the four seasons of the year. The daily and seasonal patterns of activity of each species was modeled using generalized linear models with Poisson error. The best model was selected using Akaike's Information Criterion (AICc). Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823) did not exhibit a conspicuous time pattern, whereas A. lituratus (Olfers, 1818) was more frequent after the sixth hour and A. fimbriatus Gray, 1838 had an activity increase along the night. Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) was registered during all sampling hours. Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sturnira lilium (E. Geoffroy, 1810) were the most active during the first four hours. Concerning seasonal pattern, the highest activity of these species was verified during the summer. These data contribute to the information about the ecology of bats in the region, highlighting the high adaptive potential of the species studied in relation to the use of space throughout the night and in to variations in environmental conditions.

scholarly journals Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in urban fragments of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janaina Gazarini ◽  
Wagner André Pedro
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The State ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Subtropical Region ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
Artibeus Lituratus ◽  
Seasonal Semideciduous Forest

Bat assemblages in two urban fragments of Maringá city, north of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, were inventoried. These fragments, Parque do Ingá (48 ha) and Parque Florestal dos Pioneiros (59 ha), are located in a subtropical region covered by semideciduous Atlantic forest. Bats were sampled with mist-nets from August 2006 to July 2007, over 24 nights (12 hours a night), adding up to a total of 30,240 h.m2 of net effort. A total of 839 individuals were captured belonging to 10 species and four families. Artibeus lituratus was the most abundant species (66% of the sample). The observed richness represents 22% of the bat species recorded for the state, 24% of the bat species occurring in the seasonal semideciduous forest of Paraná, 26% of the species previously recorded in urban environments in Brazil, and 83.4% of the estimated richness by Jackknife 1 (n= 12 species). Studies that provide data on richness and abundance of bat species in urban fragments are becoming increasingly important, but are still poorly available in Brazil. This habitat is especially interesting because anthropogenic pressure can be harmful to bat assemblages, reducing their diversity.

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