Accidental consumption of Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Artibeus lituratus  (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

During a 6-months research carried out in the Robles village (Jamundí municipality, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia) in 2014, bat feces were collected to determine the diet of fruit-eating bats. This study area included farms and tropical dry forest remnants, where A. lituratus was the most generalist species, with 10 different plant species recorded in its diet, including Ficus, Psidium, Mangifera, Cecropia, and Piper species (Montoya-Bustamante et al., 2016). Within two (out of 130) different fecal samples an individual of Atta cephalotes (both workers) were found associated to Psidium guajava seeds and pulp

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Madrigueras de Liomys pictus en dos selvas tropicales del Pacífico mexicano.

Revista Mexicana de Mastozoologia ◽

10.22201/ie.20074484e.2009.13.1.36 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yolanda Domínguez-Castellanos ◽

Beatriz Hernandez Meza ◽

Angeles Mendoza D. ◽

Gerardo Ceballos González

Keyword(s):

Seed Production ◽

Tropical Forests ◽

Plant Species ◽

Deciduous Forest ◽

Vegetation Type ◽

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Mexican Pacific ◽

La Selva

Resumen: Se determinó la estructura y el contenido de las madrigueras de Liomys pictus por tipo de vegetación y temporada del año, en dos selvas tropicales del Pacífico Mexicano. Se encontraron 24 madrigueras: en la selva baja la mayoría son complejas, mientras que en la selva mediana son lineales, por consiguiente y de acuerdo a la clasificación de las madrigueras, en selva baja se presentaron madrigueras múltiples y en selva mediana madrigueras simples. De acuerdo al contenido, las de selva baja tienen en promedio una mayor cantidad de materiales en comparación a las de selva mediana. Se catalogaron un total de 248 especies de plantas de estas 50 se comparten en ambos sitios, del total de las especies se llegaron a identificar sólo 77. Las familias más representativas fueron Leguminoseae, Euphorbiaceae y Convolvulaceae. La estructura de las madrigueras no esta determinada por la temporalidad, sin embargo el contenido esta determinado con la cantidad de material almacenado aunque la producción de semillas esta definido por el patrón de fructificación que esta dado a lo largo del año.Palabras clave: Madrigueras, estructura, contenido, Liomys pictus, Jalisco, México.Abstract: We determined the structure and contents of burrows of Liomys pictus by vegetation type and season in two tropical forests of the Mexican Pacific. 24 burrows were found in the tropical dry forest and most complex, in the semi deciduous forest is linear, and therefore according to the classification of the burrows in the tropical dry forest are more numerous and simple in the semi deciduous forest. According to the content, of the tropical dry forest have on average a greater amount of material compared to the semi deciduous forest. Were categorized a total of 248 plant species of these 50 sites are shared in both the total number of species is to determine 77. The most representative families were Leguminoseae, Euphorbiaceae and Convulvolaceae. The structure of the burrows is not affected by the timing, but the content is determined with the amount of stored material but seed production is defined by the pattern of fruit that is given throughout the year.Key words: Burrows, structure, food hoarding, Liomys pictus, Jalisco, Mexico.

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Interactions between frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae) and Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae) in a tropical dry forest remnant in Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Revista de Biología Tropical ◽

10.15517/rbt.v64i2.20689 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 701 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sebastián Montoya-Bustamante ◽

Vladimir Rojas-Díaz ◽

Alba Marina Torres-González

Keyword(s):

Niche Overlap ◽

Dry Forest ◽

The Other ◽

Leg Length ◽

Wing Area ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

Valle Del Cauca ◽

Artibeus Lituratus ◽

The Village

Coexistence of species from a trophic guild depends on the division and use of resources. In any ecosystem, fruits are resources that vary in time and space as well as in nutritional content. Therefore, the organisms that depend on them as a food source tend to show a certain degree of specialization. Understanding the factors that influence the dynamics of seed dispersal is important for the regeneration and conservation of tropical ecosystems. Our aim was to determine variation in consumption of Piper tuberculatum (pipilongo) by the fruit bat assemblages in the village of Robles (Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia). Pipilongo is a resource used not only by wildlife but also by people in the village of Robles. Bats were captured in mist nets between June and November 2014, their feces were collected, and the length of the forearm, wing area, leg length and weight were recorded. At the Universidad del Valle seed laboratory, fecal samples were washed, and their content determined. Of the 14 species captured, Sturnira lilium, Carollia brevicauda, Carollia perspicillata and Artibeus lituratus showed signs of having consumed P. tuberculatum. Sturnira lilium was the main consumer of P. tuberculatum fruits, with the greatest number of consumption events of fruit from this plant species, whereas the other bats showed more diversified consumption events. The greatest niche overlap was recorded between C. brevicauda and C. perspicillata, species that showed similar sizes (i.e., wing area and forearm length) followed by S. lilium and C. perspicillata. In contrast, A. lituratus showed the least niche overlap with the other three fruit bats captured. In conclusion, Sturnira lilium showed an interaction Sturnira-Piper, which is the result of low Solanum availability, and this bat species was the largest consumer of pipilongo in the region.

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Long-term decline of native tropical dry forest remnants in an invaded Hawaiian landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation ◽

10.1007/s10531-019-01748-1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (7) ◽

pp. 1699-1716 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joshua Hibit ◽

Curtis C. Daehler

Keyword(s):

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Forest Remnants

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Contrasting patterns of morphology, fluctuating asymmetry and leaf herbivory in three plant species of different successional stages of a tropical dry forest

Trees ◽

10.1007/s00468-020-01982-z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 1075-1086

Author(s):

Joan Sebastian Aguilar-Peralta ◽

Antonio González-Rodríguez ◽

Yurixhi Maldonado-López ◽

Marcílio Fagundes ◽

Maurício L. Faria ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Fluctuating Asymmetry ◽

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Successional Stages ◽

Leaf Herbivory

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Bats use live fences to move between tropical dry forest remnants

Biotropica ◽

10.1111/btp.12751 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 5-10

Author(s):

José G. Martínez‐Fonseca ◽

Marlon Chávez‐Velásquez ◽

Kimberly Williams‐Guillen ◽

Carol L. Chambers

Keyword(s):

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Forest Remnants ◽

Live Fences

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Regeneration beneath a dioecious tree species (Spondias purpurea) in a Mexican tropical dry forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology ◽

10.1017/s0266467414000066 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 265-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Moisés Méndez-Toribio ◽

Ana María González-Di Pierro ◽

Mauricio Quesada ◽

Julieta Benítez-Malvido

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Plant Species ◽

Seedling Recruitment ◽

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Total Density ◽

Dioecious Plant ◽

Nucleation Sites ◽

The Pacific ◽

Spondias Purpurea

Abstract:In dioecious plant species different frugivore activity between genders may influence the abundance and richness of the seedling banks underneath their canopies throughout seed removal and dispersal. In the tropical dry forest of Chamela, on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, the role of S. purpurea female trees as nucleation sites of regeneration was investigated. The standing density, species richness and dispersal syndrome of woody seedlings (i.e. trees and shrubs, 10–100 cm tall) recruited underneath and outside the canopy of 10 male and 10 female S. purpurea trees were recorded in a total of 160 1-m2 plots. Total density was greater in seedling communities associated with female trees (i.e. underneath and outside their canopies) as compared with male trees (231 vs. 153 seedlings, respectively); whereas overall species richness was greater underneath female canopies. Further, the density of zoochorous species were greater underneath the canopy of S. purpurea females (range = 0–5 plants m−2), than elsewhere (outside female canopies, range = 0–3 plants m−2; underneath and outside male canopies, range = 0–2 plants m−2), suggesting a directional dispersal bias towards them. Females of dioecious plant species may act as nucleation sites of initial seedling recruitment in tropical dry forests.

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Similarity in plant species consumed by goat flocks in the tropical dry forest of the Cañada, Oaxaca

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias ◽

10.22319/rmcp.v10i2.4370 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 490-505 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Salvador Mandujano ◽

Ariana Barrera-Salazar ◽

Antonio Vergara-Castrejón

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Dry Forest ◽

Capra Hircus ◽

Eleusine Indica ◽

Para Determinar

El manejo de caprinos (Capra hircus) en sistemas extensivos es una práctica común en la Reserva de la Biosfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (RBTC), México. En el presente estudio se analizó la similitud de las especies de plantas consumidas por los caprinos de diferentes rebaños en un paisaje de la Cañada en Oaxaca. Se siguió a ocho rebaños en diferentes localidades durante las épocas de lluvias 2012 y la de seca 2013. Para determinar la similitud espacial y temporal entre los rebaños dependiendo de las plantas consumidas, se emplearon métodos de análisis multivariado, específicamente de agrupamiento jerárquico en el programa R. Los caprinos consumieron 84 especies, de las cuales 30 constituyen el 75 % de la dieta. De acuerdo a los análisis de similitud, Mimosa sp. y Acacia cochiliacantha fueron las especies consumidas con mayor frecuencia por todos los rebaños; mientras que Eleusine indica, Prosopis leavigata y Opuntia sp. fueron las siguientes en importancia. El rebaño de la localidad Tecomovaca fue el menos similar al resto de los rebaños estudiados. Estos resultados contribuyen al entendimiento de los hábitos de forrajeo de los caprinos en región tropical seca, donde la disponibilidad de recursos es marcadamente estacional.

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