Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

<p>Previous studies on the effects of environmental factors, such as altitude, latitude, temperature, deforestation, forest fragmentation, fire, and flood on the community structure of termites and ants were conducted in various regions of Brazil; few of them were carried out in the southernmo...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Elena Diehl, Eduardo Diehl-Fleig, Emília Zoppas de Albuquerque, Luciane Kern Junqueira
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	social insects distribution altitude Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fa3e4a6a3eec4a7a87597aa04aefb6a7
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:fa3e4a6a3eec4a7a87597aa04aefb6a7
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa3e4a6a3eec4a7a87597aa04aefb6a72021-12-02T15:47:34ZRichness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.145-154https://doaj.org/article/fa3e4a6a3eec4a7a87597aa04aefb6a72014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/313https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<p>Previous studies on the effects of environmental factors, such as altitude, latitude, temperature, deforestation, forest fragmentation, fire, and flood on the community structure of termites and ants were conducted in various regions of Brazil; few of them were carried out in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Here we describe termites and ants diversity at different sites along the four geomorphologic units of this state. We recorded 16 taxa of termites, of which three are new state records, increasing to 19 the number of termite species known to occur in the state. Accordingly, we also found 73 species and 115 morphospecies of ants, of which only one was a new record, raising to 265 taxa the number of ant species known to occur in the state. As expected, we found a higher species richness of ants than termites. The low richness of both groups relative to other Brazilian regions could be a consequence of the subtropical to temperate climate in the state, since most portions of the state are below 30o latitude, the study areas be above 500 m altitude, and other environmental characteristics of each site. We suggest a positive relationship between species richness of termites and altitude, while ant richness indicated an inverse relationship. However, our data are not conclusive, due to the low number of replications in each altitude, particularly for termites. This study is unique in presenting an updated checklist of termites and ants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.</p>Elena DiehlEduardo Diehl-FleigEmília Zoppas de AlbuquerqueLuciane Kern JunqueiraUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlesocial insectsdistributionaltitudeZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 145-154 (2014)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	social insects distribution altitude Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	social insects distribution altitude Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Elena Diehl Eduardo Diehl-Fleig Emília Zoppas de Albuquerque Luciane Kern Junqueira Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
description	<p>Previous studies on the effects of environmental factors, such as altitude, latitude, temperature, deforestation, forest fragmentation, fire, and flood on the community structure of termites and ants were conducted in various regions of Brazil; few of them were carried out in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Here we describe termites and ants diversity at different sites along the four geomorphologic units of this state. We recorded 16 taxa of termites, of which three are new state records, increasing to 19 the number of termite species known to occur in the state. Accordingly, we also found 73 species and 115 morphospecies of ants, of which only one was a new record, raising to 265 taxa the number of ant species known to occur in the state. As expected, we found a higher species richness of ants than termites. The low richness of both groups relative to other Brazilian regions could be a consequence of the subtropical to temperate climate in the state, since most portions of the state are below 30o latitude, the study areas be above 500 m altitude, and other environmental characteristics of each site. We suggest a positive relationship between species richness of termites and altitude, while ant richness indicated an inverse relationship. However, our data are not conclusive, due to the low number of replications in each altitude, particularly for termites. This study is unique in presenting an updated checklist of termites and ants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.</p>
format	article
author	Elena Diehl Eduardo Diehl-Fleig Emília Zoppas de Albuquerque Luciane Kern Junqueira
author_facet	Elena Diehl Eduardo Diehl-Fleig Emília Zoppas de Albuquerque Luciane Kern Junqueira
author_sort	Elena Diehl
title	Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
title_short	Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
title_full	Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
title_fullStr	Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil
title_sort	richness of termites and ants in the state of rio grande do sul, southern brazil
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/fa3e4a6a3eec4a7a87597aa04aefb6a7
work_keys_str_mv	AT elenadiehl richnessoftermitesandantsinthestateofriograndedosulsouthernbrazil AT eduardodiehlfleig richnessoftermitesandantsinthestateofriograndedosulsouthernbrazil AT emiliazoppasdealbuquerque richnessoftermitesandantsinthestateofriograndedosulsouthernbrazil AT lucianekernjunqueira richnessoftermitesandantsinthestateofriograndedosulsouthernbrazil
_version_	1718385788048113664

Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Ejemplares similares