Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain

<p align="LEFT">Despite the environmental and economic importance of Pantanal, there are few studies quantifying the influence of sazonality and spatial variation on biological diversity in this ecosystem. In this context, the present work aimed to study the assemblage of ants associ...

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Autores principales: Marlon C. Pereira, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Yzel Rondon Súarez, William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0d8fce32ffd84db68cc676d975081c2f2021-12-02T12:30:40ZSpatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.41-49https://doaj.org/article/0d8fce32ffd84db68cc676d975081c2f2013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/12https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p align="LEFT">Despite the environmental and economic importance of Pantanal, there are few studies quantifying the influence of sazonality and spatial variation on biological diversity in this ecosystem. In this context, the present work aimed to study the assemblage of ants associated with macrophytes during the flood and dry period of Paraguay river, in marginal environments in the Pantanal of Porto Murtinho, Mato Grosso do Sul. We observed a wide variation in the temporal distribution of the diversity of the assemblages of ants, since from 37 species, 36 occurred in the dry and 20 in the flood period. Of the total of macrophyte species observed, in only 12.5% we found a more specific correlation with ants that were nesting in spaces provided by plants representing a total of 10.52% of the species analized.</p><p> </p>Marlon C. PereiraJacques H. C. DelabieYzel Rondon SúarezWilliam Fernando Antonialli-Jr.Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlediversity, flood pulse, Formicidae, foraging habits, PantanalZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 1, Pp 41-49 (2013)
institution DOAJ
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topic diversity, flood pulse, Formicidae, foraging habits, Pantanal
Zoology
QL1-991
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Natural history (General)
QH1-278.5
spellingShingle diversity, flood pulse, Formicidae, foraging habits, Pantanal
Zoology
QL1-991
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Natural history (General)
QH1-278.5
Marlon C. Pereira
Jacques H. C. Delabie
Yzel Rondon Súarez
William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
description <p align="LEFT">Despite the environmental and economic importance of Pantanal, there are few studies quantifying the influence of sazonality and spatial variation on biological diversity in this ecosystem. In this context, the present work aimed to study the assemblage of ants associated with macrophytes during the flood and dry period of Paraguay river, in marginal environments in the Pantanal of Porto Murtinho, Mato Grosso do Sul. We observed a wide variation in the temporal distribution of the diversity of the assemblages of ants, since from 37 species, 36 occurred in the dry and 20 in the flood period. Of the total of macrophyte species observed, in only 12.5% we found a more specific correlation with ants that were nesting in spaces provided by plants representing a total of 10.52% of the species analized.</p><p> </p>
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author Marlon C. Pereira
Jacques H. C. Delabie
Yzel Rondon Súarez
William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
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Jacques H. C. Delabie
Yzel Rondon Súarez
William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
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title Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
title_short Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
title_full Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
title_fullStr Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
title_full_unstemmed Spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a Brazilian floodplain
title_sort spatial connectivity of aquatic macrophytes and flood cycle influence species richness of an ant community of a brazilian floodplain
publisher Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/0d8fce32ffd84db68cc676d975081c2f
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