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Padrón DF, Mebert K, Pareja-Mejía D, Bauer A, Fernandes Vasconcelos LD, Correia D, Fernandez Giné GA, Solé M. Living in a mosaic of Brazilian Atlantic Forest and plantations: spatial ecology of five bushmaster Lachesis muta (Viperidae Crotalinae). ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2123860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2022]
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- Diego F. Padrón
- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
- IDECC, Institute of Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Via G. Tomasi di Lampedusa 33, Rome 00144, Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Salobrinho, Ilhéus, Brazil
- Herpetology Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, Bonn 53113, Germany
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A Baby Zombie: The Tadpole of Dendropsophus nekronastes (Anura: Hylidae). J HERPETOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1670/21-027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Carilo Filho LM, de Carvalho BT, Azevedo BKA, Gutiérrez‐Pesquera LM, Mira‐Mendes CV, Solé M, Orrico VGD. Natural history predicts patterns of thermal vulnerability in amphibians from the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:16462-16472. [PMID: 34938449 PMCID: PMC8668723 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (AF), amphibians (625 species) face habitat degradation leading to stressful thermal conditions that constrain animal activity (e.g., foraging and reproduction). Data on thermal ecology for these species are still scarce. We tested the hypothesis that environmental occupation affects the thermal tolerance of amphibian species more than their phylogenetic relationships. We evaluated patterns of thermal tolerance of 47 amphibian species by assessing critical thermal maxima and warming tolerances, relating these variables with ecological covariates (e.g., adult macro- and microhabitat and site of larval development). We used mean and maximum environmental temperature, ecological covariates, and morphological measurements in the phylogenetic generalized least squares model selection to evaluate which traits better predict thermal tolerance. We did not recover phylogenetic signal under a Brownian model; our results point to a strong association between critical thermal maxima and habitat and development site. Forest species were less tolerant to warm temperatures than open area or generalist species. Species with larvae that develop in lentic environment were more tolerant than those in lotic ones. Thus, species inhabiting forest microclimates are more vulnerable to the synergistic effect of habitat loss and climate change. We use radar charts as a quick evaluation tool for thermal risk diagnoses using aspects of natural history as axes.
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em ZoologiaUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBrasil
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- Departamento de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBrasil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Sistemas Aquáticos TropicaisUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBrasil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em ZoologiaUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBrasil
- Herpetology SectionZoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander KoenigBonnGermany
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em ZoologiaUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBrasil
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Protázio AS, Protázio AS, Silva LS, Conceição LC, Braga HSN, Santos UG, Ribeiro AC, Almeida AC, Gama V, Vieira MVSA, Silva TAF. Amphibians and reptiles of the Atlantic Forest in Recôncavo Baiano, east Brazil: Cruz das Almas municipality. Zookeys 2021; 1060:125-153. [PMID: 34629926 PMCID: PMC8478776 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1060.62982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A list of amphibian and reptile species that occur in open and forested areas of the Atlantic Forest in the municipality of Cruz das Almas, in the Recôncavo Baiano, eastern Brazil is presented. Field sampling occurred between January 2015 to March 2019, totalling 117 samples distributed in three areas: Parque Florestal Mata de Cazuzinha, Mata da Cascalheira, and Riacho do Machado. A total of 1,848 individuals of 69 species (31 anurans, 14 lizards, 19 snakes, two amphisbaenians, and three testudines) was recorded. Additionally, one individual of Ophiodesstriatus was found in Mata da Cascalheira after the end of sampling, totalling 15 lizard species and 70 herpetofaunal species. The prevalence of open-area species and the presence of Phyllopezuslutzae, Diploglossuslessonae, and Dryadosauranordestina in interior forest patches are discussed. Additionally, a new record of the invasive terrapin Trachemysdorbigni in the State of Bahia is reported.
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- Arielson S Protázio
- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, Centro, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Cruz das Almas Brazil
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- Departamento de Ensino, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia, Rodovia BA 148, Km 04, Vila Esperança, 44900-000, Irecê, Bahia, Brazil Instituto Federal de Educação Irecê Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S/N, Novo Horizonte, 44936-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Feira de Santana Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S/N, Novo Horizonte, 44936-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Feira de Santana Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Salobrinho, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Adhemar de Barros, S/N, Ondina, 40170-110, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, Centro, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Cruz das Almas Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, Centro, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Cruz das Almas Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, Centro, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Cruz das Almas Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, Salobrinho, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Rua Rui Barbosa, Centro, 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Cruz das Almas Brazil
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Rojas-Padilla O, Menezes VQ, Dias IR, Argôlo AJS, Solé M, Orrico VGD. Amphibians and reptiles of Parque Nacional da Serra das Lontras: an important center of endemism within the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Zookeys 2020; 1002:159-185. [PMID: 33363431 PMCID: PMC7746662 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1002.53988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Information gaps about species distribution hamper the evaluation of conservation status and decisions on biodiversity conservation, affecting to a greater extent, areas with high species richness and endemism. In this context, biological inventories are an important tool to fill these gaps by providing data on the composition, richness, and abundance of species in each locality. The Parque Nacional da Serra das Lontras (PNSL) protects various mountain range just up 1000 m. in altitude, and, together with other conservation units, forms an ecological corridor in the southern part of the state of Bahia, within the Atlantic Forest hotspot. We conducted systematic samplings on transects, and opportunistic records in ponds and streams, in order to record amphibian and reptile species in the PNSL. We complement the sampling with the information available in the literature and in scientific collections. A total of 100 species (49 amphibians and 51 reptiles) was recorded, 53 of them endemic to the Atlantic Forest, 13 to the state of Bahia, and two known only from the PNSL. Hylidae was the most diverse family of amphibians (22 spp.) and Colubridae of reptiles (33 spp.). New information on the distribution and natural history of these species is provided, many of which have not yet been assessed by the IUCN while others have already been categorized as at risk of extinction at the regional level. Results confirm the high species richness and rates of endemism in southern Bahia and highlight the importance of protecting high altitude areas for the preservation of evolutionary and ecological processes within the Atlantic Forest.
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- Omar Rojas-Padilla
- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil.,Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil.,Herpetology Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn Germany
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia Tropical, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Ilhéus Brazil
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Dias IR, Novaes-e-Fagundes G, Neto AM, Zina J, Garcia C, Recoder RS, Vechio FD, Rodrigues MT, Solé M. A new large canopy-dwelling species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1930 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8642. [PMID: 32612879 PMCID: PMC7319025 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The known diversity of treefrogs of the genus Phyllodytes has rapidly increased in recent years, currently comprising 14 species. Recent field work in the Atlantic Rainforest of the state of Bahia lead to the discovery of a new large species of Phyllodytes which is herein described based on multiple evidence including morphological, acoustical and genetic data. Phyllodytes sp. nov. is one of the largest species within the genus and presents immaculate yellowish dorsum and limbs. The advertisement call of the species is composed of 7-31 notes (half pulsed/pulsatile-half harmonic) with frequency-modulated harmonics. Phyllodytes sp. nov. has a karyotype of 2n = 22 chromosomes, as also found in other species of the genus. Genetic distance values of the 16S mitochondrial rRNA among Phyllodytes sp. nov. and its congeners range between 6.4 to 10.2%. The description of another new species for this state reinforces the need for further taxonomic work with Phyllodytes in this region that has been revealed as a priority area for research and conservation of this genus.
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- Iuri R. Dias
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Herpetology Section, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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Trevisan CC, Batalha-Filho H, Garda AA, Menezes L, Dias IR, Solé M, Canedo C, Juncá FA, Napoli MF. Cryptic diversity and ancient diversification in the northern Atlantic Forest Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2020; 148:106811. [PMID: 32259656 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Neotropical region is known both for its megadiverse fauna and for the significant deficiency of our knowledge on species limits. The Amazon and Atlantic Forest are the two most diverse and large rainforests in South America, and they harbor many groups of sister species and sister genera. The frog genus Pristimantis is the most speciose genus of terrestrial vertebrates with 546 species, but only three of them occur in the Atlantic forest. Herein, we investigate the diversification history and phylogenetic relationship among the Atlantic Forest Pristimantis lineages in a spatial-temporal framework, using mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Our results reveal a remarkable hidden diversity, with nine highly structure lineages that may correspond to undescribed species, with many cases of sympatry among these divergent lineages. Atlantic forest Pristimantis form a monophyletic group that started to diversify over 40 million years ago. This ancient group shows diversification events that remount the early bursts of the Atlantic Forest diversification history, as well as lineage diversification likely resulting from recent Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Future work must concentrate in comparing these lineages under an integrative framework including morphology, advertisement calls and other ecology traits to confidently delimit species of Pristimantis in the Atlantic Forest.
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- Camila Costa Trevisan
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Museu de História Natural ("Museu de Zoologia"), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anfíbios e Répteis - LAR, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Salgado Filho S/N, Lagoa Nova, 59072-970 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Zoologia, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, Maracanã, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040 São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Museu de História Natural ("Museu de Zoologia"), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-115 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Lourenço‐de‐Moraes R, Campos FS, Ferreira RB, Beard KH, Solé M, Llorente GA, Bastos RP. Functional traits explain amphibian distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 2020; 47:275-287. [PMID: 32336868 PMCID: PMC7166796 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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AIM Species distributions are one of the most important ways to understand how communities interact through macroecological relationships. The functional abilities of a species, such as its plasticity in various environments, can determine its distribution, species richness and beta diversity patterns. In this study, we evaluate how functional traits influence the distribution of amphibians, and hypothesize which functional traits explain the current pattern of amphibian species composition. LOCATION Atlantic Forest, Brazil. TAXON Amphibia (Anura and Gymnophiona). METHODS Using potential distributions of Brazilian amphibians from Atlantic Forest based on their functional traits, we analysed the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on species richness, endemism (with permutation multivariate analysis) and beta diversity components (i.e. total, turnover and nestedness dissimilarities). RESULTS Environmental variables explained 59.5% of species richness, whereas functional traits explained 15.8% of species distribution (geographical species range) for Anuran and 88.8% for Gymnophiona. Body size had the strongest correlation with species distribution. Results showed that species with medium to large body size, and species that are adapted to living in open areas tended to disperse from west to east direction. Current forest changes directly affected beta diversity patterns (i.e. most species adapted to novel environments increase their ranges). Beta diversity partitioning between humid and dry forests showed decreased nestedness and increased turnover by increasing altitude in the south-eastern region of the Atlantic Forest. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that functional traits directly influence the ability of the species to disperse. With the alterations of the natural environment, species more apt to these alterations have dispersed or increased their distribution, which consequently changes community structure. As a result, there are nested species distribution patterns and homogenization of amphibian species composition throughout the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
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- Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Moraes
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental (PPGEMA)Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)Rio TintoPBBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PEA)Universidade Estadual de MaringáMaringáPRBrazil
- Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento AnimalUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaGOBrazil
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- Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsFacultat de BiologiaUniversitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
- NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)Universidade Nova de LisboaLisboaPortugal
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- Laboratório de Ecologia da Herpetofauna NeotropicalUniversidade Vila VelhaVila VelhaESBrazil
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- Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology CenterUtah State UniversityLoganUTUSA
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- Departamento de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Estadual de Santa CruzIlhéusBABrazil
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- Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsFacultat de BiologiaUniversitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento AnimalUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaGOBrazil
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Lourenço-de-Moraes R, Dias IR, Mira-Mendes CV, de Oliveira RM, Barth A, Ruas DS, Vences M, Solé M, Bastos RP. Diversity of miniaturized frogs of the genus Adelophryne (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae): A new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0201781. [PMID: 30231059 PMCID: PMC6145526 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The number of species of frogs in the South American genus Adelophryne has increased in recent years, and it has become apparent that this group contains a substantial amount of undescribed diversity. Currently the genus contains nine described species and five candidate species. Here we describe the tenth species of the genus Adelophryne from the municipality of Igrapiúna, southern Bahia state, Brazil. The new species is characterized by its small body size, indistinct tympanum, and two phalanges in the finger IV. The species of the genus are distributed in three groups, Northern Amazonia Clade, Northern Atlantic Forest Clade and Southern Atlantic Forest Clade. The new species is phylogenetically related to species of the Northern Atlantic Forest Clade of Adelophryne and restricted to forested habitat, as typical for other Adelophryne. The species is restricted to the pristine forests in the type locality, and we consider its conservation status as Near Threatened. New morphological and molecular data of other Adelophryne species are presented, extending the distribution of Adelophryne sp. 2, Adelophryne sp. 4, Adelophryne mucronata and Adelophryne glandulata. However, a more comprehensive revision of the diversity and phylogenetic position of most Adelophryne species is needed, and the evolutionary relationships of A. meridionalis and A. pachydactyla remain unknown.
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- Ricardo Lourenço-de-Moraes
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento Animal, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas Aquáticos Tropicais, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ensino, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso, Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Itapetinga, Bahia, Brazil
| | - Miguel Vences
- Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
| | - Mirco Solé
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
| | - Rogério P. Bastos
- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Herpetologia e Comportamento Animal, Campus Samambaia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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