[PDF] Top 20 Small mammal populations of an agroecosystem in the Atlantic Forest domain, southeastern Brazil

... Studies of small-mammal assemblages in Brazil were traditionally conducted in areas of native vegeta- tion (Fonseca, 1989; Cerqueira et ...on the structure and dy- ... See full document

... within the forest or on the edge of swamps and streams. The diet of juveniles is composed mainly of frogs while adults feed mainly on small mammals (Sazima, 1992; ... See full document

... levels of impact would result in an increase of biological diversity in communities of tropical trees and coral ...On the other side, Wylie & Currie (1993) suggested ... See full document

... be an important factor influenc- ing the capacity of small mammals to occupy altered ...angouya, in our data, had PCA scores very close to A. montensis, mainly in relation to ... See full document

... Brazilian Atlantic Forest small mammal community responded to the presence of the invasive exotic species Artocarpus heterophyllus, the jackfruit ...tree. In ... See full document

... Abstract: In the frame of an ongoing lichen inventory of Atlantic Rainforest remnants in Northeast Brazil, five new species of Graphidaceae were discovered ... See full document

... quantity of studies illustrate that the individual relative abundance can differ widely among species (Neves & Viana 1997; Peruquetti et ...and the communities present few species that are ... See full document

... on the forest floor for four consecutive ...Handling of small mammals was similar to the proce- dure used by Gettinger ...(1992). The animals were placed in plastic bags ... See full document

... species of monoxenic, and two of polyxenous ...had the widest distribution among the flea species in this ...obtained in the available literature, Linardi and Guimarães ... See full document

... matrix in the P3 profile. The P2 profile was not as thick as the others and was classified as a Neossolo Litólico Hístico típico (Lithic Udifolists), related to its position on a steeper ... See full document

... At the northern limits of the range of the palm species Euterpe edulis there is an endemic ecotype, known as the “Bahia” ecotype, which is distinguished by its reddish ... See full document

... Records of Thyridia psidii cetoides [= Thyridia psidii hippodamia (Fabricius)], very rare in disturbed forest (Brown ...habitats. The existence of this species at a given site may be ... See full document

... Studies of streams show that more complex substrates such as leaves and other plant matter generally contain greater abundance and richness of oligochaetes, by providing more spots for shelter and retaining ... See full document

... evaluate the potential of Passerine birds as bioindicators of forest fragmentation, we studied the avifauna in the mountain region of the state of Rio ... See full document

... was the most attractive aromatic bait to Euglossini ...found in studies of varying habitat types, such as the Amazonian forest (Powell & Powell 1987; Becker et ...1999), the ... See full document

... bat. The highest mean intensities were ob- served for ...before in taxonomic inventories or in infestation analyses (Azevedo and Linardi, 2002; Ko- meno and Linhares, 1999; Bertola et ...2011). ... See full document

... number of records in the study area, but also indicated perma- nent populations (Figs 7 and 8), which could not be detected using only live trap ...fluctuations in the number ... See full document

... Both of these species were previously reported in association with these hosts in Brazil (SPONCHIADO et ...humans in Brazil (PINTER & LABRUNA, 2006; LABRUNA et al., 2011). ... See full document

... The Atlantic Forest is composed of two main vegetation types: Atlantic Rain Forest and Atlantic Semi-deciduous Forest (Morellato and Haddad ...2000). The ... See full document

... planning in the Atlantic Forest at a coarse level, the stakeholders (mainly the government and conservation organizations) should always be aware of the ecological ... See full document