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Author(s):  
Fernanda Melo Carneiro ◽  
João Paulo Francisco de Souza ◽  
Karina Dias Silva ◽  
Denis Silva Nogueira ◽  
David Bichsel ◽  
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The use of biodiversity surrogates is often suggested to increase the cost-effectiveness of biomonitoring programs, as this demands less time and taxonomic expertise. In addition, the detection of multi-taxon associations is a first step toward a better understanding of how organisms interact with each other. Such a multi-taxon association is termed a congruence, and can be detected through measuring the similarity in the distributional patterns shown by different biological groups. To assess the ability of different taxa to serve as surrogates for others, we carried out a Procrustes analysis on the beta diversity patterns of seven biological groups (aquatic birds, Amphibians, Macrophytes, Coleoptera, Odonata, Heteroptera and phytoplankton) in 35 ponds of the Cerrado biome. We found that: (i) the values of congruence in the studied ponds were weak; (ii) among all the biological groups compared, the highest congruence was found between amphibians and macrophytes; (iii) amphibians were congruent with the Coleoptera, Heteroptera, and macrophytes; (iv) the different taxa studied had different responses to environmental conditions; and (v) although they showed relatively weak congruence with the other taxa in each pond environment, amphibian communities were the most strongly influenced by environment variables. Almost all the communities observed in these systems showed unique pattern and thus should be studied and monitored in their entirety.


2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-277
Author(s):  
Mano Saraswathy Ragi ◽  
Divakaran Sarasamma Jaya ◽  
Sheela A. Moses

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saurabh Sengupta ◽  
Chiranjeeb Medda ◽  
Anjana Dewanji

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
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Gautam Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Debasis Mondal ◽  
Pinaki Biswas ◽  
Anjana Dewanji

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F. M. Tanaka
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1998 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Orlando Sarnelle ◽  
Scott D. Cooper ◽  
Sheila Wiseman ◽  
Kenneth M. Mavuti

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