Notes on the occurrence of Hypnella pallescens (Hook.) A. Jaeger (Bryophyta, Pilotrichaceae) in Bahia, Brazil.

Resumo. O gênero Oxysarcodexia é encontrado amplamente associado a carcaças de vertebrados em decomposição, sendo, portanto, considerado de grande importância forense. Desta maneira, o objetivo do presente artigo foi conhecer a fauna de Oxysacordexia que visita carcaças de suínos em decomposição em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no município de Salvador, Bahia. Para isso, quatro carcaças de suínos em decomposição foram utilizados para atração os insetos e expostas no fragmento florestal durante dois períodos: chuvoso (julho a agosto/2012) e seco (novembro a dezembro/2012). Seis espécies de Oxysarcodexia foram atraídas e colonizaram a carcaça: Oxysarcodexia amorosa (Schiner); Oxysarcodexia diana (Lopes); Oxysarcodexia fringidea Curran & Walley; Oxysarcodexia major Lopes; Oxysarcodexia thornax (Wiedemann); Oxysarcodexia timida (Aldrich). Essas espécies de Oxysarcodexia coletadas mostraram uma aparente preferência pelo período chuvoso e pelas fases finais do processo de decomposição (deterioração avançada e restos).Species of Oxysarcodexia (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) associated with pig carrion (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) exposed in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in Salvador, Bahia Abstract. The genus Oxysarcodexia is widely found in association with decaying vertebrate carcasses and therefore is considered of great forensic importance. Thus, the aim of this paper was to know the Oxysacordexia fauna visiting rotting pig carcasses in an Atlantic Rain Forest fragment in the Municipality of Salvador, Bahia. Four decomposing pigs carcasses were used to attract insects, exposed in a forest fragment for two seasons: rainy (July-August / 2012) and dry (November to December / 2012). Six species of Oxysarcodexia were attracted and colonized the carcasses: Oxysarcodexia amorosa (Schiner); Oxysarcodexia diana (Lopes) ; Oxysarcodexia fringidea Curran & Walley; Oxysarcodexia major Lopes; Oxysarcodexia thornax (Wiedemann); Oxysarcodexia timida (Aldrich). These surveyed Oxysarcodexia species showed an apparent preference for the rainy season and for the final stages of the decomposition process (advanced deterioration and remains).

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Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. (Cactaceae) growth rate and abundance in a sandy terrace of Atlantic Rain Forest (REBIO Guaribas, Paraíba, Brazil)

Pesquisa e Ensino em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza ◽

10.29215/pecen.v4i0.1515 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 01

Author(s):

Niviane Ferreira Lafite ◽

Cleber Ibraim Salimon

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Campo Rupestre ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

International Union ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Mata Atlantica

Também conhecido como cacto botão, o Melocactus violaceus é uma espécie endêmica do Brasil, que ocorre do Rio Grande do Norte ao Rio de Janeiro. Habita florestas úmidas (Mata Atlântica/restinga), campo rupestre ao Norte (cerrado) crescendo diretamente na areia em meio a arbustos na restinga, dunas ribeirinhas e tabuleiros da Mata Atlântica. Apesar de ter ampla distribuição e ocorrer em áreas protegidas, esta espécie é considerada pela International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) como vulnerável. O objetivo do presente trabalho é estudar a abundância, distribuição de tamanho, e taxa de crescimento em uma população de Melocactus violaceus, que ocorre em tabuleiro numa área de Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, na Reserva Biológica (REBIO) Guaribas, Paraíba. Foram amostradas três fitofisionomias diferentes do tabuleiro, onde uma área é predominantemente fechada, a segunda é aberta, na sua grande parte, e por último em uma área onde predomina Lagenocarpus spp., conhecido popularmente como capim azul. Em cada fisionomia marcou-se 10 parcelas de 12.6 m2, com 20 m de distância entre cada uma, onde indivíduos foram marcados e mensurados. A espécie foi encontrada somente na área aberta, com densidade média de 1.46 ind.m-1 com média de crescimento (em diâmetro) anual dos indivíduos que sobreviveram ao longo de todo estudo foi de 1.76 ± 1.12 cm ao ano, com crescimento mínimo de 0.04 cm e crescimento máximo de 4.7 cm.Palavras chave: Cacto botão, estrutura populacional, taxa de crescimento de cactus.

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Biodiversity and taxonomy of punctoid micromollusks from southern Brazil, with description of a new species of Radiodiscus from the «Mata Atlántica» (Atlantic Rain Forest) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ◽

10.22179/revmacn.9.308 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 205-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sergio Miquel ◽

Rina Ramírez ◽

Willibaldo Thomé

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

A New Species

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Hydropsychidae Curtis e Leptoceridae Leach (Insecta, Trichoptera) do Parque Estadual Intervales, Serra de Paranapiacaba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v8i2.469 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 125-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rafael Alberto Moretto ◽

Pitágoras Conceição Bispo

Keyword(s):

Rain Forest ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

São Paulo ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Paulo State ◽

São Paulo State ◽

Mata Atlantica

Este estudo teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento das famílias Hydropsychidae e Leptoceridae (Trichoptera) do Parque Estadual Intervales, um dos últimos remanescentes florestais de Mata Atlântica do Estado de São Paulo. As coletas foram realizadas em diferentes riachos do Parque entre julho de 2010 e agosto de 2013. Foram coletados 2.319 indivíduos machos, totalizando 29 espécies, 17 da família Hydropsychidae e 12 de Leptoceridae. Dentre essas espécies, duas não possuíam registro para o Estado de São Paulo.Hydropsychidae Curtis and Leptoceridae Leach (Insecta, Trichoptera) from Parque Estadual Intervales, Serra de Paranapiacaba, São Paulo State, BrazilAbstract. This study aimed to survey the caddisfly families Hydropsychidae and Leptoceridae from Intervales State Park, one of the last remaining of the Atlantic Rain Forest of São Paulo State. The collections were carried out in several streams between July 2010 and August 2013. Were collected 2,319 males, totaling 29 species, 17 of the Hydropsychidae and 12 of Leptoceridae. Among these species, two had no record for the State of São Paulo.

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FORESTRY EXPANSION DURING THE LAST DECADES IN THE PARAIBA DO SUL BASIN – BRAZIL

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xli-b8-857-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol XLI-B8 ◽

pp. 857-861

Author(s):

F. Carriello ◽

F. S. Rezende ◽

O. M. S. Neves ◽

D. A. Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Supervised Classification ◽

Average Rate ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Clear Cut ◽

Eucalyptus Plantations ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

Land Cover Maps

from 1986 to 2010. In this region is situated the most important and largest extension of reminiscent of Mata Atlântica Biome reminiscent. This biome has been one the most exploited Brazilian biome since 1500, when Brazilian colonization begun. To achieve this goal, we use the GIS “SPRING” and images from Landsat 5 Satellite, TM sensor from 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010, distributed by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE. The non-supervised-classification was applied to images in order to produce land use and land cover maps. After that, we intersect each classification for each date with the precedent date, so we can analyze the paths of each land use change, focusing forestry expansion in native’s Mata Atlântica areas. The results show that eucalyptus plantations in the region have expanded mostly over fragments of Mata Atlântica. About 99.389 hectares of Mata Atlântica were transformed into forestry in 25 years, an average rate of 4000 ha per year. Clear-cut was largest between 1990 and 1995, when 22810 hectares of rain forest were cut, and between 1995 and 2000, when 21430 hectares were cut.

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Benefits from ecological study methods to taxonomy of enchytraeids in southern Mata Atlântica

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ◽

10.1590/s0100-204x2009000800009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 44 (8) ◽

pp. 861-867 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rüdiger Maria Schmelz ◽

Rut Maria Collado de la Peña ◽

Jörg Römbke

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Forest Regeneration ◽

Ecological Study ◽

Sampling Methods ◽

Local Conditions ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Large Numbers ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

Key Characters

The objective of this work was to determine how taxonomy benefited from the ecological quantitative and site-based sampling methods in enchytraeids studies. Enchytraeids (small relatives of earthworms) were sampled in different phases of rain forest regeneration in the southern Mata Atlântica in Paraná, Brazil. The research combined ecological and taxonomic work, because enchytraeids are poorly studied and difficult to identify, and many new species were expected. The provision of large numbers of specimens enabled the test of species diagnoses by investigating the ranges of character variations in a larger series of specimens. Simplified species diagnoses adapted to the local conditions that allowed the identification of all specimens, juveniles included, were developed. Key characters and character states are presented for the three genera: Achaeta, Hemienchytraeus and Guaranidrilus. Among several new species, a rare species, possibly a remnant of the autochthonous forest fauna, was found and described.

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Carbon flux models in the Mata-Atlântica rain forest of Brazil

Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications ◽

10.1016/j.nonrwa.2010.01.001 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 3524-3531 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P.L. Antonelli ◽

S.F. Rutz ◽

K.T. Fonseca

Keyword(s):

Carbon Flux ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Mata Atlantica

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FORESTRY EXPANSION DURING THE LAST DECADES IN THE PARAIBA DO SUL BASIN – BRAZIL

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprsarchives-xli-b8-857-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol XLI-B8 ◽

pp. 857-861

Author(s):

F. Carriello ◽

F. S. Rezende ◽

O. M. S. Neves ◽

D. A. Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Supervised Classification ◽

Average Rate ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Clear Cut ◽

Eucalyptus Plantations ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

Land Cover Maps

from 1986 to 2010. In this region is situated the most important and largest extension of reminiscent of Mata Atlântica Biome reminiscent. This biome has been one the most exploited Brazilian biome since 1500, when Brazilian colonization begun. To achieve this goal, we use the GIS “SPRING” and images from Landsat 5 Satellite, TM sensor from 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010, distributed by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE. The non-supervised-classification was applied to images in order to produce land use and land cover maps. After that, we intersect each classification for each date with the precedent date, so we can analyze the paths of each land use change, focusing forestry expansion in native’s Mata Atlântica areas. The results show that eucalyptus plantations in the region have expanded mostly over fragments of Mata Atlântica. About 99.389 hectares of Mata Atlântica were transformed into forestry in 25 years, an average rate of 4000 ha per year. Clear-cut was largest between 1990 and 1995, when 22810 hectares of rain forest were cut, and between 1995 and 2000, when 21430 hectares were cut.

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