943 resultados para Ecological-distribution conflicts
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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A new occurrence of the genus Doliocatella (Cyanophyceae, Cyanobacteria) is reported. The type species of the genus, D. formosa, is described from a stream of the tropical Amazonian rainforest (Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil). A detailed taxonomic description with photomicrographs and ecological characteristics are provided based on the three worldwide species records. D. formosa is characterized by the presence of uniseriate main filaments, cylindrical branches, and mostly cylindrical cells; heterocytes are absent. D. formosa occurs under limited and special conditions, i.e. habitats with low pH and relatively high temperatures. The species has a restricted ecological distribution, limited to tropical lotic ecosystems, but it is found over a relatively wide geographical range.
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Corallus hortulanus é uma espécie conhecida por apresentar grande variação no padrão de coloração e desenho, além de apresentar a maior distribuição geográfica e ecológica dentre as serpentes Neotropicais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a variação morfológica nos padrões de cor e desenho, verificar se estes padrões estão relacionados à presença dos rios amazônicos, verificar o grau de estruturação genética entre as populações de C. hortulanus ao longo de sua distribuição e verificar se os principais interflúvios ao sul da bacia amazônica representam populações geneticamente estruturadas. Foram analisados as cores e desenhos de 125 espécimes e geradas 103 sequências de Citb e 38 de COI. Um total de seis morfotipos foram descritos para as populações ao sul do Rio Amazonas. Verificou-se que os rios ao sul do Rio Amazonas apresentaram um padrão misto, onde Tocantins, Xingu e Madeira não influenciaram na estruturação genética, enquanto que os rios Purus e Tapajós se apresentaram como barreira geográfica para as populações de C. hortulanus, sendo que apenas em um caso a estruturação é encontrada em todas as análises (Purus).
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB
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Pós-graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária - FCAV
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Species of colonial green algae from 10 Conservation Units from the Southern Brazil were surveyed. The samplings were carried out in 105 stream reaches, consisting of 10 m length transects. In addition to biological data, some environmental variables were measured: depth, current velocity, water temperature, turbidity, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen and nutrients (total nitrogen and orthophosphate). Three species of colonial green algae [Bohlin Ecballocystis pulvinata var. pulvinata, Tetraspora gelatinosa (Vaucher) Desvaux and T. lubrica (Roth) C Agard] were recorded and these species were described and illustrated. Based on the environmental data, it was observed some patterns of ecological distribution, including the occurrence of E. pulvinata var. pulvinata in environments with higher water temperature and current velocity values, while Tetraspora species typically occurred in environments with lower total nitrogen, orthophosphate and specific conductance values.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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The assessment of the relationship between species diversity, species interactions and environmental characteristics is indispensable for understanding network architecture and ecological distribution in complex networks. Saproxylic insect communities inhabiting tree hollow microhabitats within Mediterranean woodlands are highly dependent on woodland configuration and on microhabitat supply they harbor, so can be studied under the network analysis perspective. We assessed the differences in interacting patterns according to woodland site, and analysed the importance of functional species in modelling network architecture. We then evaluated their implications for saproxylic assemblages’ persistence, through simulations of three possible scenarios of loss of tree hollow microhabitat. Tree hollow-saproxylic insect networks per woodland site presented a significant nested pattern. Those woodlands with higher complexity of tree individuals and tree hollow microhabitats also housed higher species/interactions diversity and complexity of saproxylic networks, and exhibited a higher degree of nestedness, suggesting that a higher woodland complexity positively influences saproxylic diversity and interaction complexity, thus determining higher degree of nestedness. Moreover, the number of insects acting as key interconnectors (nodes falling into the core region, using core/periphery tests) was similar among woodland sites, but the species identity varied on each. Such differences in insect core composition among woodland sites suggest the functional role they depict at woodland scale. Tree hollows acting as core corresponded with large tree hollows near the ground and simultaneously housing various breeding microsites, whereas core insects were species mediating relevant ecological interactions within saproxylic communities, e.g. predation, competitive or facilitation interactions. Differences in network patterns and tree hollow characteristics among woodland sites clearly defined different sensitivity to microhabitat loss, and higher saproxylic diversity and woodland complexity showed positive relation with robustness. These results highlight that woodland complexity goes hand in hand with biotic and ecological complexity of saproxylic networks, and together exhibited positive effects on network robustness.