scholarly journals What do insects, anurans, birds, and mammals have to say about soundscape indices in a tropical savanna

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata S. Sousa-Lima ◽  
Luane M. Ferreira ◽  
Eliziane G. Oliveira ◽  
Lara C. Lopes ◽  
Marcos R. Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Tropical Savanna ◽  
Acoustic Ecology ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Acoustic Niche ◽  
Acoustic Diversity

The application of acoustic indices is incipient and still needs validation before it can reliably characterize soundscapes and monitor rapidly disappearing hot-spot areas as the Brazilian tropical savanna (Cerrado). Here we investigate which of six acoustic indices better correlate with the 24 h zoophony richness of insects, anurans, birds, and mammals. We sampled one minute every 30 minutes for seven days on three sites in Serra da Canastra National Park (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) and extracted the sonotype richness and six indices based on recordings with a bandwidth of up to 48 kHz. The Acoustic Diversity, Evenness, Entropy, and Normalized Difference Soundscape indices followed the temporal trends of the sonotype richness of insects and anurans. The Acoustic Complexity (ACI) and Bioacoustic (BIO) indices did not correlated with sonotype richness. ACI and BIO were influenced by sonic abundance and geophony. We emphasize the need to include insects and anurans on soundscape and acoustic ecology analyses and to avoid bias on avian fauna alone. We also suggest that future studies explore measures of sonic abundance and acoustic niche occupation of sonotypes to complement measures of zoophony richness and better understand what each faunal group is telling us about indices.

scholarly journals Mammals of Serra do Cipó National Park, southeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 355 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. V. C. Câmara ◽  
L. C. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Red Lists ◽  
Serra Do Cipó ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Regional Red Lists ◽  
Mammal Diversity ◽  
Important Site

The mammals of the Cerrado (Brazilian Savanna Biome) are still poorly known; only a few localities have been properly surveyed and studied. Hereby, we present a survey of the mammals of Serra do Cipó National Park, a protected area of Cerrado in Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. A total of 55 species from eight orders were listed, which have been captured, observed or recorded in the literature. Some mammals are endemic or listed as threatened either by IUCN’s red list or by the national and regional red lists. Serra do Cipó National Park is an important site for scientific research and conservation of Minas Gerais’ biodiversity, though there is little information on mammal diversity and distribution in the park. We hope our study can help us fill this gap and improve the effectiveness of this national park in protecting Cerrado mammals and other vertebrates.

Forficatocaris odeteae n. sp., a new Parastenocarididae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a high-altitude pond in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel A. Moreira ◽  
Eneida M. Eskinazi-Sant’Anna ◽  
Daniel Previattelli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
National Park ◽  
Harpacticoid Copepod ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Lateral Spine ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new species of harpacticoid copepod, genus Forficatocaris (F. odeteae n. sp.) is described from a high-altitude pond at the Itacolomi National Park near Ouro Preto city, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The main characters distinguishing the new species from F. affinis Dussart, 1983 and F. lilianae Noodt, 1972 are: (i) distal portion of exopod 1 of male leg 4 with stout spinules; (ii) male leg 5 lateral spine stout and with blunt apex; (iii) endopod of leg 4 curved outwards, but “c” shaped (not forming a straight angle); (iv) female with dorsal spinule row on anal somite larger than in congeners, ventral ornaments smaller and less numerous; and (v) the shape of the modified spine located at the leg 1 endopod 1 of the male; and (vi) the spine of leg 5 in males and females.

Two new species of Wedelia Jacq. (Asteraceae, Heliantheae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 470 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-216
Author(s):  
VINICIUS R. BUENO ◽  
SILVANA C. FERREIRA ◽  
JIMI N. NAKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Wedelia Jacq. are described and illustrated, and their morphological affinities with other species are discussed. Wedelia pauciflora is characterized by its solitary heads and a small number of flowers per head. Wedelia homogama is recognized by its shrubby habit, homogamous discoid heads, and purple corolla. These species were collected in Serra da Canastra National Park, São Roque de Minas, and in Rio Paranaíba; both areas are at Minas Gerais State, Brazil, occurring in “Cerrado” biome. 

scholarly journals A new troglobite species of Habeastrum Simone, 2019 from Brazil, and support for classification in Diplommatinidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda)

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 639-647
Author(s):  
Luiz Ricardo L. Simone ◽  
Daniel Caracanhas Cavallari ◽  
Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador
Keyword(s):  
Anatomical Study ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Genus Distribution ◽  
Se Brazil ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Preliminary Classification

The genus Habeastrum Simone, 2019 was recently described based on empty shells, counting with two troglobite species. Conchological features allowed a preliminary classification in the caenogastropod family Diplommatinidae, but this family allocation was left open to future studies. Herein, we present a detailed anatomical study of newly acquired specimens, confirming the classification in Diplommatinidae. These new specimens, from Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil, belong to a new troglobite species described herein, Habeastrum strangeisp. nov. The present records extend the genus distribution ca. 1,100 km east-northeast.

scholarly journals First record of the endemic phytophilous cladoceran Celsinotum candango Sinev & Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010, in Minas Gerais state, in a threatened shallow lake at Serra do Gandarela

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Wagner Moreira ◽  
Emerson Silva Dias ◽  
Eneida Maria Eskinazi Sant'Anna
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Lakes ◽  
Shallow Lake ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
National Park ◽  
Federal District ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Mountain Ridge ◽  
Aquatic Biodiversity ◽  
Minas Gerais State

This study describes the occurrence of the phytophilous cladoceran Celsinotum candango, which has been considered, up to now, an endemic species of the Brazilian Cerrado, with only two previous records in the wetlands of Brasilia, Federal District. The cladoceran has now been registered at Coutos Lake (“Lagoa dos Coutos”), an altitudinal, temporary shallow lake, located in ironstone outcrops at Serra do Gandarela, Minas Gerais state. This mountain ridge was recently turned into an integral protection conservation unit, the Gandarela National Park. However, many shallow lakes, including this one, were excluded from the delimited area of the park, and are now at risk of disappearing due to expansion of mining activities. The information provided here reveals the importance of these shallow lakes to aquatic biodiversity, and reinforces the need for the inclusion of these rare aquatic ecosystems into the recently created Gandarela National Park.

scholarly journals Macroinvertebrates as tadpole food: importance and body size relationships

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Dutra ◽  
Marcos Callisto
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Fourth Order ◽  
Suspended Matter ◽  
National Park ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Lotic Ecosystems ◽  
Serra Do Cipó ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Macroinvertebrates as food were recorded for three anurans tadpoles: Hyla saxicola (Bokermann, 1964) (Hylidae), Scinax machadoi (Bokermann & Sazima, 1973) (Hylidae), and Bufo rubescens (Lutz, 1925) (Bufonidae). These species are commonly found in the mountain streams at Serra do Cipó National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Tadpoles were collected in pools of second-order reach in Mascates stream and third and fourth order reaches of Indaiá stream from March-October, 2003. Biometrical data were recorded before dissecting each individual and a feeding importance index was estimated. Eight taxa of chironomids and three taxa of mayfly exuviae were found in the guts, but no significantly differences were found between tadpole species (ANOVA, p > 0.05). The results support the drift transport hypothesis that predicts that tadpoles commonly ingest suspended matter in lotic ecosystems, are generalist feeders, and macroinvertebrates are probably incidental ingested.

scholarly journals Cladocerans (Crustacea: Anomopoda and Ctenopoda) of the Sempre Vivas National Park, Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Diogo Rocha Sousa ◽  
Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Being

Protected areas are designed to maintain environmental conditions that favor the occurrence of a wide variety of taxa. However, few studies have devoted attention to inventories of biota in these areas. In this study, we provide a checklist of cladocerans for the poorly studied Sempre Vivas National Park, Minas Gerais state. Samples were collected in lotic and lentic environments, with a total of 27 species being recorded and the highest contribution coming from the Chydoridae family (21 spp.). Minas Gerais state is widely studied in relation to cladoceran fauna; nevertheless, the results indicate three new records. The genus Monospilus was reported for the first time in the Neotropical region.

Chrysolaena glandulosa (Vernonieae, Asteraceae): A new species from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-300
Author(s):  
POLYANA NORONHA SOARES ◽  
VÂNIA GONÇALVES-ESTEVES ◽  
JOÃO SEMIR ◽  
JIMI NAOKI NAKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Lower Surface ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
A New Species

Chrysolaena glandulosa is a new species of Vernonieae (Asteraceae), endemic to the “campos rupestres” of Serra da Canastra National Park and adjacent areas of southwestern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Chrysolaena glandulosa is characterized by its laxly disposed leaves and lower surface with glandular dots, corolla lobes papillose with glandular dots, and strigose achenes with glandular dots. It is morphologically similar to C. campestris but differs from the latter by presence of glandular dots on the lower surface of the leaves, the ratio between the size of the bracts of the inflorescence and the involucre, and the number of heads and flowers per head. Pollen study confirms that this species belongs to Chrysolaena. A diagnostic key is presented to all Minas Gerais species.

scholarly journals A new species of Vriesea Lindl. (Bromeliaceae, Tillandsioideae) from serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo M. Versieux ◽  
Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Serra Do Cipó ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Vriesea Lindl. belonging to section Xiphion (E. Morren) E. Morren ex Mez. - V. sanfranciscana Versieux & Wand.- is described and illustrated. The species is only known to occur in the Serra da Canastra National Park, located in the southwestern Minas Gerais, Brazil, and is morphologically related to V. atropurpurea Silveira from serra do Cipó, Espinhaço range.

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