Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal
We examined how vegetation mosaic influences distribution of the edaphic ant (Formicidae) community in the northern part of the Pantanal in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Plant formations (hereafter habitats) that characterize this area include several savanna types, such as: Cerrado sensu...
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doaj-913805a34bf64f6582409ca8fe3af5bc2021-10-04T01:43:13ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672015-09-0162310.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.359Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian PantanalEliandra Meurer0Leandro Denis Battirola1Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie2Marinez Isaac Marques3Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMTUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMTCentro de Pesquisa do Cacau - CEPLACUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT We examined how vegetation mosaic influences distribution of the edaphic ant (Formicidae) community in the northern part of the Pantanal in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Plant formations (hereafter habitats) that characterize this area include several savanna types, such as: Cerrado sensu stricto, Cerradão, Semi-deciduous forest, Termite savanna, Open fields and Cerrado field/carandazal. Pitfall traps were placed in ten 250 m transects each one separated by 1 km, within an area of 2 x 5 km (following RAPELD methodology). Five traps at intervals of 50 m were placed along each transect, in September and December 2008. Forty-four ant species were collected. leaf litter predicted ant presence and influenced species occurrence in the different habitats. Pantanal habitats are very different structurally from one to another, which has have resulted in areas with very specific ant assemblages. The understanding of the antcommunity structure in these areas is fundamental to floodplain management. http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/359CerradoSemi-deciduous forestWetlands |
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Eliandra Meurer Leandro Denis Battirola Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Marinez Isaac Marques Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal Sociobiology Cerrado Semi-deciduous forest Wetlands |
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Eliandra Meurer Leandro Denis Battirola Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie Marinez Isaac Marques |
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Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal |
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Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal |
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Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal |
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Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal |
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Influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) distributions in the Northern Brazilian Pantanal |
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influence of the vegetation mosaic on ant (formicidae: hymenoptera) distributions in the northern brazilian pantanal |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana |
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Sociobiology |
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We examined how vegetation mosaic influences distribution of the edaphic ant (Formicidae) community in the northern part of the Pantanal in Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Plant formations (hereafter habitats) that characterize this area include several savanna types, such as: Cerrado sensu stricto, Cerradão, Semi-deciduous forest, Termite savanna, Open fields and Cerrado field/carandazal. Pitfall traps were placed in ten 250 m transects each one separated by 1 km, within an area of 2 x 5 km (following RAPELD methodology). Five traps at intervals of 50 m were placed along each transect, in September and December 2008. Forty-four ant species were collected. leaf litter predicted ant presence and influenced species occurrence in the different habitats. Pantanal habitats are very different structurally from one to another, which has have resulted in areas with very specific ant assemblages. The understanding of the antcommunity structure in these areas is fundamental to floodplain management.
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Cerrado Semi-deciduous forest Wetlands |
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