Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

<p>In this study we assessed the leaf-litter ant community in the Cicuta Forest, a semi-deciduous forest located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Specifically, we tested the following hypotheses: (1) ant richness and diversity are higher in the rainy season, due to higher r...

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Autores principales:	Pâmella Souza Martins Montine, Nicoly Faria Viana, Fábio Souto Almeida, Wesley Francisco da Cruz Dátillo, Alinne Silva Santanna, Luciano Martins, André Barbosa Vargas
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	community structure myrmecology richness diversity Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:12f4e6005a7641f8860458648d0df2502021-12-02T12:41:13ZSeasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.178-183https://doaj.org/article/12f4e6005a7641f8860458648d0df2502014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/337https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p>In this study we assessed the leaf-litter ant community in the Cicuta Forest, a semi-deciduous forest located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Specifically, we tested the following hypotheses: (1) ant richness and diversity are higher in the rainy season, due to higher resource availability and better temperature and humidity conditions; and that (2) the structure of the ant community is influenced by climate seasonality. We collected 83 ant species of 35 genera and eight subfamilies. In total, 64 species were collected in the dry season and 73 species in the rainy season. Based on rarefaction curves with confidence intervals, we observed that species richness in the dry and rainy seasons did not differ significantly from each other. Diversity did not differ significantly (t = -1.20; P = 0.23) between the dry (3.43) and rainy seasons (3.52). Community structure did not differ between the dry and rainy seasons (NMDS followed by ANOSIM: r = 0.048, P < 0.001). We did not observe a significant effect of climate seasonality neither on ant species composition, richness, and diversity, nor on community structure. These results may be explained by the degree of isolation and degradation of this forest remnant. In short, our study contributes to knowledge on how seasonal variations affects ant communities.</p>Pâmella Souza Martins MontineNicoly Faria VianaFábio Souto AlmeidaWesley Francisco da Cruz DátilloAlinne Silva SantannaLuciano MartinsAndré Barbosa VargasUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlecommunity structuremyrmecologyrichnessdiversityZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 178-183 (2014)
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topic	community structure myrmecology richness diversity Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	community structure myrmecology richness diversity Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Pâmella Souza Martins Montine Nicoly Faria Viana Fábio Souto Almeida Wesley Francisco da Cruz Dátillo Alinne Silva Santanna Luciano Martins André Barbosa Vargas Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
description	<p>In this study we assessed the leaf-litter ant community in the Cicuta Forest, a semi-deciduous forest located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Specifically, we tested the following hypotheses: (1) ant richness and diversity are higher in the rainy season, due to higher resource availability and better temperature and humidity conditions; and that (2) the structure of the ant community is influenced by climate seasonality. We collected 83 ant species of 35 genera and eight subfamilies. In total, 64 species were collected in the dry season and 73 species in the rainy season. Based on rarefaction curves with confidence intervals, we observed that species richness in the dry and rainy seasons did not differ significantly from each other. Diversity did not differ significantly (t = -1.20; P = 0.23) between the dry (3.43) and rainy seasons (3.52). Community structure did not differ between the dry and rainy seasons (NMDS followed by ANOSIM: r = 0.048, P < 0.001). We did not observe a significant effect of climate seasonality neither on ant species composition, richness, and diversity, nor on community structure. These results may be explained by the degree of isolation and degradation of this forest remnant. In short, our study contributes to knowledge on how seasonal variations affects ant communities.</p>
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author	Pâmella Souza Martins Montine Nicoly Faria Viana Fábio Souto Almeida Wesley Francisco da Cruz Dátillo Alinne Silva Santanna Luciano Martins André Barbosa Vargas
author_facet	Pâmella Souza Martins Montine Nicoly Faria Viana Fábio Souto Almeida Wesley Francisco da Cruz Dátillo Alinne Silva Santanna Luciano Martins André Barbosa Vargas
author_sort	Pâmella Souza Martins Montine
title	Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
title_short	Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
title_full	Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
title_fullStr	Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
title_full_unstemmed	Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
title_sort	seasonality of epigaeic ant communities in a brazilian atlantic rainforest
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/12f4e6005a7641f8860458648d0df250
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Seasonality of Epigaeic Ant Communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

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