Orientador: Gustavo Maia Souza / Banca: Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro / Banca: Carlos Henrique Britto de Assis Prado / Banca: Gustavo Habermann / Banca: José Pires de Lemos Filho / Resumo: As restrições impostas pelo ambiente obrigam as plantas a transitarem entre estados fisiologicamente distintos, podendo tal transição ser representada pelo processo de aclimatação. O aparato fotossintético apresenta alta sensibilidade ao ambiente, mas possui alta capacidade de aclimatação, a qual é necessária dada a sua função essencial no metabolismo vegetal e o seu elevado nível de integração com outras vias metabólicas. A investigação do papel da aclimatação fotossintética na resposta a diversas condições ambientais, em diferentes espécies arbóreas, foi o principal tema de estudo da presente tese. Foram realizados experimentos com espécies arbóreas nativas e cultivadas sob diferentes níveis de controle ambiental, ou seja, no campo, em casa de vegetação e em câmaras de crescimento. Os experimentos com espécies arbóreas nativas envolveram a avaliação da capacidade de aclimatação das espécies de diferentes grupos sucessionais, as quais supostamente apresentam demandas luminosas distintas e diferem em sua habilidade de ajuste e acoplamento ao ambiente. O experimento com a espécie cultivada foi realizado com Eucalyptus globulus, e avaliou o efeito da deficiência hídrica em plantas sob diferentes regimes térmicos. A conjunção dos resultados obtidos nos quatro experimentos realizados permitiu verificar que a aclimatação do aparato fotossintético foi influenciada pelo ambiente de crescimento das plantas e pela estratégia ecológica das espécies, mais conservativa ou mais flexível. Além disso, foi verificado que a estratégia ecológica das espécies não está, necessariamente, relacionada ao seu grupo sucessional, conforme freqüentemente descrito na literatura. Os diversos ajustes no aparato fotossintético, descritos no presente trabalho em diferentes espécies e condições ambientais, demonstraram... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The constraints imposed by the environment compel plants to transit between distinct physiological states, represented by the acclimation process. The photosynthetic apparatus is highly sensitive to the environment, however it presents a high acclimation capacity which is necessary given its essential role in plant metabolism and high level of integration with other pathways. The investigation of the role of photosynthetic acclimation in response of different tree species to diverse environmental conditions was the main subject of the present study. Experiments with tropical tree species and cultivated species were performed under different levels of control of environmental conditions, i.e. in the field, in the greenhouse, and in growth chambers. The experiments with tropical tree species involved the evaluation of the acclimation capacity of species belonging to different ecological groups, supposedly presenting distinct light demands and ability to adjust and couple to the environment. The experiment with cultivated species was carried out with Eucalyptus globulus and photosynthetic acclimation was evaluated under water deficit, in plants under different thermal regimes. The conjunction of the results obtained in the four experiments performed suggests that the acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus was influenced by the growth environment jointly with the ecological strategy of the species, more conservative or more flexible. Moreover, it was verified that the ecological strategy of the species is not necessarily related with its ecological group as often stated in the literature. The diverse changes in the photosynthetic apparatus described in the present study in different species and environmental conditions, demonstrated the importance and the contribution of the photosynthetic acclimation in the physiological adjustment of a plant to its current environmental condition... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Gustavo Quevedo Romero / Banca: Martin Francisco Pareja / Banca: Thiago Junqueira Izzo / Resumo: Engenharia dos ecossistemas é um processo em que organismos modificam a distribuição de recursos (i.e, disponibilizando novos habitats) para outras espécies via interação não trófica. Lagartas de Lepidoptera enroladoras de folhas podem atuar como engenheiros dos ecossistemas florestais, uma vez que são capazes de modular interações entre comunidade artrópode - planta fornecendo aos colonizadores secundários diversos tipos de benefícios. Essas lagartas quando engenheiras influenciam o padrão de distribuição e abundância de outras espécies facilitando indiretamente a ocorrência de novas espécies, bem como aumentam a diversidade de artrópodes sobre planta. Apesar de estudos terem demonstrado que lagartas engenheiras ampliam a diversidade de artrópodes sobre folhas (efeito local), apenas um estudo avaliou o efeito na planta por inteiro (efeito regional), mas apenas para guildas específicas (i.e., herbívoros); nenhum estudo até agora avaliou como comunidades diversificadas, de regiões tropicais, respondem aos impactos de lagartas engenheiras. Nesse estudo reportamos a influência das lagartas enroladoras sobre comunidades de artrópodes em grande escala espacial (i.e., efeito local e regional) e temporal (i.e., diferentes períodos sazonais). Especificamente, avaliamos se (i) abrigos foliares favorecem a ocorrência de artrópodes e amplificam diversidade sobre plantas, (ii) se o tipo de abrigo (funil, cilindro com diferentes diâmetros) interfere na colonização por diferentes guildas de artrópodes, (iii) se os efeitos dos abrigos é local (folha) ou estende-se por toda a planta hospedeira (efeito regional), (iv) se plantas com abrigos foliares atraem maior número de artrópodes nos períodos secos, e se (v) plantas com abrigos foliares, por atraírem mais predadores, têm menor taxa de herbivoria foliar. Nossos resultados demonstram que abundância, riqueza... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Ecosystem engineering is a process by which some organisms change the distribution of resources (i.e., creating new habitats) for other species via non-trophic interactions. Shelter-building caterpillars can act as forest ecosystem engineers, because they may modulate interactions, between arthropods-plant communities, by providing the secondary settlers with several kinds of benefits. These caterpillars as ecosystem engineers influence the distribution pattern and abundances of other species facilitating the occurrence of new species indirectly, as well as increasing the diversity of arthropods on the plant. Although some studies have demonstrated that caterpillar leaf shelters amplify the diversity of arthropods on leaves (local effect), only one study evaluated the effect in the whole plant (regional effect), but this study only took into account specific guilds (i.e., herbivores); To date, no evaluated how speciose communities of tropical regions respond to the impacts of engineer caterpillars. In this study we reported, for the first time the influence of the lepidopteran shelter leafs on communities of arthropods in the tropics along both large spatial (i.e., local and regional effects) and temporal scales (i.e., different seasonal periods). Specifically, we evaluated if (i) leaf shelters benefit the occurrence of arthropods and amplify the diversity on plants, (ii) if the shelter architecture (funnel, cylinders with different diameters) interferes with the colonization of differents arthropods guilds, (iii) if the effects of shelters are local (within leafs) or extends to the whole host plant (regional effect), (iv) if plants with leaf shelters attract more arthropods in the dry periods, and if (v) plants with leaf shelters, which likely attract more predators, have lower levels of leaf herbivory. Our results show that the abundance, richness and total biomass of arthropods within... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a composição e a distribuição espacial e temporal da fauna de Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera e Trichoptera (EPT). Para isso, foram realizadas coletas em mesohabitats de folhiço correnteza e folhiço represado nos períodos seco de 2007 (julho, agosto e setembro) e chuvoso de 2008 (janeiro, fevereiro e março) em um córrego de primeira ordem localizado na Reserva Biológica Municipal Poço D’Anta (Juiz de Fora - MG). Em cada mês, duas amostras (três manchas com 10 segundos de coleta cada uma) de cada mesohabitat foram obtidas utilizando um puçá com malha de abertura de 0.21 mm. Os imaturos de EPT foram identificados em nível de gênero. A alta diversidade encontrada nos dois mesohabitats estudados, comparada como o máximo teórico, reflete a heterogeneidade do ambiente e seu bom estado de preservação. Não foi observado efeito do mesohabitat (folhiço correnteza e folhiço represado) sobre a estruturação da fauna total de EPT, o que pode ser explicado pela transitoriedade das manchas de folhiço, baixa velocidade da água e pequena profundidade do córrego. O aumento da pluviosidade no período chuvoso também não influenciou na abundância total de EPT provavelmente porque córregos de primeira ordem, com menor fluxo da água e com densa cobertura vegetal são mais estáveis e com menor efeito da precipitação na modificação do ambiente. Apesar da ausência do efeito do mesohabitat e da pluviosidade sobre a fauna total de EPT, alguns gêneros foram sensíveis a essas variações, o que mostra a importância de estudos ecológicos da fauna de EPT em nível de gênero. A segunda parte dessa dissertação trata-se de um experimento de colonização de detritos foliares por invertebrados bentônicos em um córrego de Mata Atlântica no sudeste do Brasil. Para isso, 21 sacos de tela plástica contendo 2.5g de peso seco de duas espécies vegetais presentes nas margens do córrego (Alchornea glandulosa (Vell) Mart e Cabralea canjerana End e Poeppig) foram colocados no leito do córrego. Três réplicas foram retiradas após 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 48 e 96 dias. Uma rápida perda de peso foi observada ao longo do experimento, restando apenas 8% do peso inicial no 96º dia de incubação. O peso remanescente esteve negativamente correlacionado com a densidade taxonômica. A elevada densidade de organismos coletores, como Chironomidae, Oligochaeta e Amphipoda, no último dia de incubação ocorreram provavelmente devido ao aumento de matéria orgânica particulada fina nas etapas mais avançadas da decomposição. Os maiores valores de diversidade α foram observados para o 3º e 96º dias de experimento, enquanto a diversidade β mostrou que esses dois dias apresentaram a maior variação na composição taxonômica apresentando, portanto, uma composição faunística diferente. Este estudo mostrou que ocorreu modificação na estrutura, composição e participação relativa dos grupos funcionais de invertebrados aquáticos durante o processo degradativo dos detritos foliares. A abundância e diversidade faunística observada neste estudo mostram a importância do material vegetal de origem terrestre como fonte de energia para os invertebrados de córregos de baixa ordem e reforça a necessidade de preservação da vegetação ripária. / This dissertation was divided in two parts. The first part was related to a study of the Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera fauna associated with mesohabitat of litter in an Atlantic forest stream in southeastern Brazil. This study had as objective to evaluate the composition as well as the spatial and temporal distribution of the Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) fauna. In order to do it, collections of litter in riffle mesohabitats and pool mesohabitats were carried out in the dry season of 2007 (July, August and September) and the rainy season of 2008 (January, February and March) in a first order stream located in the Municipal Biological Reserve of Poço D’Anta (Juiz de Fora - MG). In each month, two samples (three patches with 10 seconds of collection each one) of each mesohabitat were obtained with the aid of a “D”-net with mesh of 0.21 mm. The immature EPT were identified in genus level. The high diversity found in the two mesohabitats studied, compared to the theoretical maximum, reflect the environmental heterogeneity and its good state of preservation. It was not observed the effect of the mesohabitat (litter in riffles and litter in pools) on the structure of the total fauna of EPT, what may be explained by the transitoriness of the patches in litter, low water speed and low depth of the stream. The increase of the precipitation in the rainy season did not influence the total abundance of EPT either, probably because first order streams, with lower water flows and abundant vegetable material are more stable and have less effect of precipitation on the modification of the environment. Despite the absence of the effect of the mesohabitat and the precipitation upon the total fauna of EPT, some genera were sensitive to these variations, what shows the importance of ecological studies of the EPT fauna in genus level. The second part of this dissertation is an experiment of colonization of leaf debris for aquatic invertebrates in an Atlantic forest stream in southeastern Brazil. For this reason, 21 plastic bags, containing 2.5g weight of two plant species present on riparian vegetation (Alchornea glandulosa (Vell) & Cabralea canjerana End. & Poeppig), were placed in the bed of the stream. Three replicas were taken after 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 48 and 96 days. A fast weight loss was observed throughout the experiment, remaining only 8% of the initial weight on the 96th day of incubation. The remaining weight was negatively correlated with the taxonomic density of invertebrates. The high density of collectors, as Chironomidae, Oligochaeta and Amphipoda, on the last day of incubation probably occurred due to the increase in fine particulate organic matter in the most advanced stages of decomposition. The highest values of α diversity were observed on the 3rd and 96th days of the experiment, whereas β diversity showed that those two days presented higher variation in the taxonomic composition, thus demonstrating a different faunistic composition. This study showed that it happened a change in the structure, composition and a relative participation of the functional groups of aquatic invertebrates during the leaf breakdown. The abundance and the faunistic diversity observed in this study show the importance of leaf detritus of terrestrial origin as an energy source for invertebrates in low order streams, and reinforce the need for preservation of the riparian vegetation.

Orientador: Fernando Roberto Martins / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T19:52:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aranha_BrunoAlmozara_D.pdf: 8398241 bytes, checksum: a8e23c2280a43031a00dfd7ff7df0dd3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Investigamos o padrão filogenético de comunidades silvestres do cerrado sensu lato. No primeiro capítulo utilizamos o padrão filogenético para investigar se há maior influência do tipo de solo ou do regime de fogo sobre a organização de algumas comunidades silvestres do cerrado. No município de Itirapina, estados de São Paulo amostraram espécies silvestres de cinco comunidades de cerrado com diferentes fitofisionomias, classificadas em protegidas e desprotegidas do fogo em solos arenosos e solo argiloso. Levantamos os dados florísticos de cerrados da região de Itirapina para compor um pool de espécies silvestres e construir a mega-árvore filogenética. Com dados da espessura da casca para todas as espécies do pool, calculamos se esse atributo ecológico ligado à tolerância ao fogo é convergente ou filogeneticamente conservado. Testamos se a distribuição dos valores da espessura de casca nas espécies amostradas nas cinco comunidades é independente da proteção contra o fogo e do tipo de solo e se nas comunidades de solo arenoso é independente da proteção contra o fogo. Por fim, calculamos o padrão filogenético das comunidades e a distância filogenética entre elas. Encontramos que a espessura de casca é um atributo convergente e que a distribuição de seus valores é mais dependente do tipo de solo do que da proteção contra o fogo. As comunidades silvestres apresentaram padrão filogenético aleatório, mas a comunidade sobre o solo argiloso foi a única que apresentou uma distância filogenética significativamente maior do que as demais comunidades. Concluímos que o solo é um filtro ambiental importante na organização de comunidades silvestres locais do cerrado. Dado que espécies silvestres do cerrado evoluíram in situ sob a pressão de incêndios recorrentes, especulamos que provavelmente o solo teve um papel muito importante para a evolução de espécies pré-adaptadas. No segundo capítulo investigamos o padrão filogenético de comunidades silvestres em todo o território do cerrado no Brasil. Avaliamos o papel da heterogeneidade ambiental na distribuição atual da flora em províncias florísticas para inferir sobre a evolução e a manutenção da diversidade do cerrado. Construímos um banco de dados com 142 comunidades silvestres de cerrado sensu lato, localizadas em todas as províncias florísticas. Calculamos o padrão filogenético das comunidades silvestres do cerrado em duas escalas espaciais: considerando apenas as comunidades localizadas em cada província florística; e considerando todo o domínio. Em todas as situações o padrão filogenético do cerrado foi aleatório, e os índices filogenéticos não se correlacionaram com as variáveis ambientais, mas apenas com as espaciais. Concluímos que processos biogeográficos estocásticos, como a história biogeográfica e a migração, foram mais importantes na diversificação e na distribuição atual das espécies silvestres do cerrado do que a heterogeneidade ambiental. Os dois capítulos evidenciaram que o padrão filogenético das comunidades silvestres do cerrado é aleatório, e atribuímos esse padrão a pré-adaptações ligadas ao escleromorfismo pré-existente nas linhagens ancestrais da flora do cerrado / Abstract: We investigated the phylogenetically pattern of cerrado sensu lato woody communities. In the first chapiter we used the phylogenetic pattern to investigate whether the influence of soil type or fire regime prevails on assembly of some woody cerrado communities. In the municipality of Itirapina, state of São Paulo, we sampled cerrado woody species from five communities with distinct phytophisiognomies, classified in protected and unprotected from fire, and in sand soil and clay soil. We looked for floristic data from Itirapina cerrado to bild regional woody species pool and constructed the phylogenetic mega-tree. With bark thickness for all species pool, we evaluated whether this ecological trait related with fire resistence was phylogenetically convergent or conserved. We tested if the bark thickness values distribution in the woody cerrado species from the five sampled communities was independent of fire protection and soil type. And regarding only sand soil communities, we tested, again, if bark thickness values distribution was independent from fire protection. Finelly, we calculated the communities phylogenetically pattern and the phylogenetic distance between them. We found that bark thickness was a convergent trait and their values distribution was dependent of soil type rather than fire protection. The phylogenetic pattern of cerrado communities was random, but the community with clay soil was the only who showed a greater and significant phylogenetic distance comparing with the others cerrado communities. We concluded that soil type was an important environment filter acting in the assembly of cerrado woody communities. Given that cerrado species evolved in situ under recurrent fire pression, we speculated that the soil plobably had an important role for the evolution of pré-adapted lineages. In the second chapter we investigated the phylogenetic pattern of wood cerrado communities over the whole cerrado domais in Brazil. We evaluated the role of environmental heterogeneity in the actual distribution of cerrado woody flora in floristic provinces with the aim to infer about the evolution and maintenance of cerrado diversity. We bild a data bank with 142 woody cerrado communities located in all floristic provinces. We calculated the community phylogenetic pattern in two spatial scales: province scale and domain scale. In all scales the phylogenetic pattern was random, and the phylogenetic indexes were not correlated with environmental variables, but only with spatial variables. We conclude that stochastic biogeographical processes, such as bigeographic history and migration, were more important in the diversification and distribution of cerrado woody species than environmental heterogeneity. The two chapters highlight that the cerrado woody communities phylogenetic patterns is random, and we attributed this pattern to pre-adaptations related with scleromorphism pre-exisitent in the ancestral lineages of cerrado flora / Doutorado / Biologia Vegetal / Doutor em Biologia Vegetal

Un des objectifs de l’écologie évolutive est de comprendre les causes et conséquences de la diversité biologique. L’étude des facteurs à l’origine de la divergence phénotypique des populations et de la formation d’adaptations locales peut nous donner des indications sur les causes de la diversité intra spécifique, de la formation des espèces et sur la trajectoire évolutive des populations. La divergence phénotypique des populations peut être adaptative ou neutre. L’hétérogénéité spatiale des conditions écologiques, via la variation des pressions de sélection qu'elle engendre, est un des facteurs importants à l’origine de la divergence adaptative des populations. Elle peut causer une divergence adaptative phénotypique ou plastique. Selon le type de divergence, les populations n’auront pas la même trajectoire évolutive. Traditionnellement, il a été considéré que la divergence génétique et adaptative des populations était peu probable lorsqu’elles sont séparées par des distances que les organismes peuvent franchir lors de leur dispersion parce que le flux génique homogénéiserait les génotypes entre les populations.Un nombre croissant d’études rapporte la présence de différences de comportements entre les individus qui sont stables dans le temps et héritables. Ce type de variation intra spécifique a été nommée personnalité. Il a récemment été proposé que les traits de personnalité auraient coévolué avec des traits d’histoire de vie et des traits physiologiques (hypothèse du syndrome de train de vie). Selon cette hypothèse, nous pourrions trouver au niveau de la métapopulation, différentes combinaisons de traits dans l’espace façonnées par le régime local de sélection. Néanmoins, jusqu’à présent peu d’études ont porté sur l’importance relative des effets plastiques et génétiques et des pressions de sélections pour la divergence des populations pour des traits de personnalité et encore moins pour le syndrome de train de vie.Notre objectif était de déterminer si une forte variation spatiale de conditions écologiques pouvait mener à une divergence phénotypique et génétique adaptative pour des traits de personnalité entre des populations connectées par un flux génique. Nous avons répondu à cet objectif grâce au suivi à long terme de trois populations sauvages de mésanges bleues (Cyanistes caeruleus) présentent dans une mosaïque d’habitats très contrastée en Corse (France). Des études réalisées précédemment ont montré que bien qu’elles soient connectées par un flux génique et séparées par de petites distances spatiales (6 à 25 km), ces populations diffèrent au niveau phénotypique et génétique pour plusieurs types de traits, dont des traits d’histoire de vie.Notre étude indique que ces populations divergent au niveau phénotypique et génétique pour des traits de personnalité chez les adultes et les jeunes. De plus, nos résultats suggèrent que ces divergences ne sont pas le fruit de processus neutres, mais pourraient être plutôt causées par la sélection naturelle et être adaptatives. Nous sommes ainsi une des premières études à montrer des divergences génétiques adaptatives pour des traits de personnalité à une échelle spatiale aussi fine. Par ailleurs, les divergences de moyennes populationnelles observées sont en accord avec les prédictions du syndrome de train de vie. Ainsi, bien que d’autres études plus approfondies soient nécessaires pour le confirmer, nos résultats suggèrent que les divergences observées entre ces populations sont issues de la coévolution d’un ensemble de traits formant un train de vie rapide ou lent façonné par le régime local de sélection.En somme, cette thèse souligne l’importance de l’hétérogénéité environnementale pour la diversité intra spécifique et montre qu’une divergence phénotypique, génétique et adaptative est possible pour des traits comportementaux souvent considérés comme plus plastiques et moins sujets aux divergences génétiques. / Environmental heterogeneity, spatial variation in selection pressure and gene flow are known to be important for shaping intra-specific variation and local adaptations. However, their roles as drivers of variation and divergence in behavioral traits have seldom been studied. Here, we studied the phenotypic divergence of breeding and fledgling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) for personality traits across three wild populations situated in contrasted habitats yet connected by gene flow. We first compared the mean personality phenotype of each population. Second, using common garden, reciprocal transplant and cross-fostering experiment we investigated the genetic basis of the observed divergence. Third, we determined the selection pressure acting on the personality phenotype in each population. We found phenotypic and genetic difference between populations and our results suggested that these divergences result from the local selection regime in each habitat. Overall, our results highlight the importance of environmental heterogeneity in the maintenance of small-scale intra-specific variation for behavioral traits.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Studies of biodiversity surveys and habitat requirements are essential in landscapes threatened by anthropogenic conversion, such as those that make up the Pampa biome. In the present study we determined the spatial distribution of richness of anurans at the Área de Proteção Ambiental (APA) do Ibirapuitã, the largest protected federal area within the Pampa biome in Brazil. Thus we: (1) describe the composition of anuran community regarding species richness, abundance, constancy of occurrence and reproductive modes; (2) compare the frogs composition with other localities of grassland southernmost of South America; (3) tested whether local variables of waterbodies, space and landscape are determinants of species richness, and (4) tested whether environmental heterogeneity influences the structure of anuran community. Sampling was carried from October to November 2012 and at November 2013, the searching at breeding sites method, tadpole collecting and examination of specimens housed in herpetological collections. A total of 64 waterbodies (40 ponds and 24 streams) were sampled for the anuran amphibians, as well as were recorded environmental descriptors in three scales: local, space, and landscape. We recorded the occurrence of 33 anuran species at the APA Ibirapuitã. The registered anurans are typical of open areas, and at least 10% of them are restricted of the grassland areas to the subtropical region of South America, including two endangered species at the global and state levels. Pseudopaludicola falcipes was the most abundant species and Hypsiboas pulchellus was the species most frequently recorded. Five reproductive modes were recorded, and the deposition and the development of exotrophic tadpoles in lentic waterbodies was the most common mode (57.5%). Cluster analysis revealed five groups with more than 50% similarity, whose structure was influenced by geographic distance, but can be partially interpreted by regional peculiarities. We used generalized regression models considering the set of descriptors as predictors of anuran species richness. Subsequently, we use a partition of variance to evaluate the independent and shared explicability between different sets of predictors. Finally, we use a Canonical Redundancy Analysis to explore the role of environmental descriptors on the species abundance of frogs in ponds and streams. The richness in ponds was influenced by the local variable representing the area of waterbodies. Already the abundance was correlated with the percentage of vegetation on the shores and the water temperature. In streams, the species richness of anurans was correlated with a local variable (number of strata of emergent vegetation) and a landscape variable (distance in relation to human residences). Species abundance was affected by higher vegetation strata (> 200 cm) on the shores and by water electrical conductivity. The combined contribution of local and landscape variables have important implications for understanding how amphibians are distributed in the grassland environment. Our work shows the importance of conserving grassland biomes which are increasingly threatened by human activities. / Studies of biodiversity surveys and habitat requirements are essential in landscapes threatened by anthropogenic conversion, such as those that make up the Pampa biome. In the present study we determined the spatial distribution of richness of anurans at the Área de Proteção Ambiental (APA) do Ibirapuitã, the largest protected federal area within the Pampa biome in Brazil. Thus we: (1) describe the composition of anuran community regarding species richness, abundance, constancy of occurrence and reproductive modes; (2) compare the frogs composition with other localities of grassland southernmost of South America; (3) tested whether local variables of waterbodies, space and landscape are determinants of species richness, and (4) tested whether environmental heterogeneity influences the structure of anuran community. Sampling was carried from October to November 2012 and at November 2013, the searching at breeding sites method, tadpole collecting and examination of specimens housed in herpetological collections. A total of 64 waterbodies (40 ponds and 24 streams) were sampled for the anuran amphibians, as well as were recorded environmental descriptors in three scales: local, space, and landscape. We recorded the occurrence of 33 anuran species at the APA Ibirapuitã. The registered anurans are typical of open areas, and at least 10% of them are restricted of the grassland areas to the subtropical region of South America, including two endangered species at the global and state levels. Pseudopaludicola falcipes was the most abundant species and Hypsiboas pulchellus was the species most frequently recorded. Five reproductive modes were recorded, and the deposition and the development of exotrophic tadpoles in lentic waterbodies was the most common mode (57.5%). Cluster analysis revealed five groups with more than 50% similarity, whose structure was influenced by geographic distance, but can be partially interpreted by regional peculiarities. We used generalized regression models considering the set of descriptors as predictors of anuran species richness. Subsequently, we use a partition of variance to evaluate the independent and shared explicability between different sets of predictors. Finally, we use a Canonical Redundancy Analysis to explore the role of environmental descriptors on the species abundance of frogs in ponds and streams. The richness in ponds was influenced by the local variable representing the area of waterbodies. Already the abundance was correlated with the percentage of vegetation on the shores and the water temperature. In streams, the species richness of anurans was correlated with a local variable (number of strata of emergent vegetation) and a landscape variable (distance in relation to human residences). Species abundance was affected by higher vegetation strata (> 200 cm) on the shores and by water electrical conductivity. The combined contribution of local and landscape variables have important implications for understanding how amphibians are distributed in the grassland environment. Our work shows the importance of conserving grassland biomes which are increasingly threatened by human activities.

Orientador: Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato / Resumo: A germinação de sementes e estabelecimento de plântulas são as etapas iniciais e cruciais do ciclo de vida das plantas, sendo importantes determinantes dos padrões de distribuição, diversidade e dinâmica das comunidades vegetais. Nos ecossistemas sazonais, a disponibilidade de água no solo e a heterogeneidade do ambiente são os principais fatores limitantes da germinação e estabelecimento das plântulas. Nestes ambientes a fenologia da dispersão das sementes, o nicho de germinação e a dormência devem sincronizar a germinação com o início da estação chuvosa, o que maximiza o período favorável ao estabelecimento, incrementando as chances de sobrevivência das plântulas à subsequente estação seca. Por outro lado, as plantas respondem à heterogeneidade ambiental distribuindo a progênie através do espaço ou do tempo. Distribuir as sementes ao longo de diferentes áreas aumenta a chance de que pelo menos uma parte delas chegue a lugares adequados para a germinação e estabelecimento das plântulas. Por outro lado, a dormência incrementa a variação do tempo de germinação distribuindo a germinação em vários eventos, o que diminui a probabilidade de que todas as plântulas morram devido a eventos imprevisíveis. Os estudos dos mecanismos que sincronizam a germinação com o início da estação chuvosa nos ambientes tropicais sazonais não levam em consideração o nicho de germinação nem a história evolutiva das espécies, e estão focados majoritariamente nos ecossistemas florestais. Portanto, não t... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Seed germination and seedling establishment are the initial and crucial stages of a plant’s life cycle and are important in determining plant community dynamics and plant distribution and diversity patterns. In seasonal environments, water availability in the soil and environmental heterogeneity are the main factors that limit seed germination and seedling establishment. In these environments, seed dispersal season, germination niche, and dormancy synchronize germination with the onset of the rainy season, which maximizes the favorable period for seedling establishment and increases the chances of seedlings surviving the subsequent dry season. Plants respond to environmental heterogeneity by distributing germination through space and time. Distributing seeds throughout different areas (spatial dispersal) increases the chances that at least some will arrive in sites adequate for germination and establishment. On the other hand, dormancy increases the variation in germination time, distributing germination into multiple reproductive events (temporal dispersal), thus decreasing the likelihood that all seedlings die due to unpredictable events. However, most studies addressing the mechanisms that synchronize germination with the onset of the rainy season in seasonal tropical environments do not consider germination niche or species evolutionary history and are mainly focused on forest ecosystems. Therefore, a clear understanding on the relative importance of the mechanisms contro... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

[Truncated abstract] This study focussed on how isolation and environmental heterogeneity in salt lakes has influenced intraspecific variation in the calanoid copepod Calamoecia clitellata. Calamoecia clitellata relies on passive vectors for dispersal, and this, coupled with the insular nature of salt lakes, may promote genetic divergence at a molecular level. When contrasting environments are involved, genetic divergence may also occur at the life history level, possibly due to local adaptation. I examined the distribution of genetic variation among 14 populations in Western Australia using molecular genetic markers, and examined variation in life history traits among contrasting environments. To ascertain how isolation had influenced molecular genetic variation, I determined population genetic structure and used a phylogeographic approach to infer the impact of historical events. Environmentally induced variation was also evident in the field, with a switch from subitaneous egg production to resting egg production coinciding with changing environmental conditions. It is proposed that plasticity in life history traits has evolved in response to temporal environmental heterogeneity … It can be concluded that isolation in salt lakes in Western Australia has influenced molecular and phenotypic variation in C. clitellata in contrasting ways. At the molecular level, contemporary and historical isolation have promoted genetic divergence of populations, yet when coupled with environmental heterogeneity, marked phenotype plasticity has arisen. This study raises questions as to whether phenotype plasticity is a widespread phenomena in zooplankton found in temporary saline waters and an adaptive strategy to tolerate marked temporal environmental heterogeneity

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