The spatial distribution and monthly fluctuation of beetle species were studied in the experimental forests of Liu-Kuei Station, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taiwan. Beetles were surveyed using pitfall traps from January to December, 2004. Our result showed that species richness, abundance and Shannon diversity of beetles were significant higher in Natural Forest than those of the others, and species richness and abundance were lowest in Taiwania Plantation. The composition and trophic structure of beetle community in the Thinning Plantation resulting from thinning were compared with that in the Taiwania Plantation and natural forest. Beetles communities of Natural Forest, Taiwania Plantation and Thinning Plantation were separated from each other by ordination (PCA), meaning three forest stands have distinct species assemblages. The three group assemblages were also revealed by cluster analysis. The ground-surface air humidity, litter litter depth and herbs cover were major environment factors influencing the beetle distribution. The relative size of trophic guilds in the Thinning Plantation has changed compared to Taiwania Plantation. Detritivores increased significantly in the Thinning Plantation, suggested an increase of nutrient-cycle in the Plantation. Eight dominant beetle families that were Carabidae, Scarabaeidae, Curculionidae, Staphylinidae, Scydmaenidae, Erotylidae, Nitidulidae and Biphyllidae showed different pattern of population fluctuation. The peak mainly from March to June, and Curculionidae, Scarabaeidae, Nitidulidae also show a moderate peak in August and September. In the two plantation areas, most dominant taxa showed a similarly fluctuation patterns, which are slightly different to those of Natural Forest.

Orientador: Carlos Alberto Hector Flechtmann / Banca: Maria Conceição Zocoller Seno / Banca: Júlio Neil Cassa Louzada / Resumo: Scarabaeidae coprófagos têm grande importância econômica por removerem e enterrarem massas fecais bovinas em pastagens, melhorando as propriedades físicas e químicas do solo, além de serem agentes de controle biológico de parasitos de gado bovino. O objetivo desse experimento foi verificar se a irrigação de pastagem (com pivot central), especialmente na estação seca, influencia na abundância e riqueza em espécies de Scarabaeidae coprófagos, em comparação com um pasto não irrigado. O experimento foi realizado na Fazenda Santa Ofélia, Selvíria, estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Uma vez por semana foram feitas coletas de massas fecais de diferentes idades e armadilhas pitfall iscadas com massa fecal bovina, em áreas de pasto irrigado e não irrigado, no período de abril de 2004 a abril de 2005. Coletou-se 54854 besouros coprófagos, sendo as espécies mais abundantes: Labarrus pseudolividus, Nialaphodius nigrita, Ataenius aequalis, A. crenulatus, A. platensis, A. sculptor, A. scutellaris, Dichotomius bos, D. nisus, D. glaucus, Digitonthophagus gazella, Ontherus appendiculatus, Pedaridium bidens e Trichillum externepunctatum. Na estação chuvosa quase todas as espécies ocorreram em maior número no pasto não irrigado, com exceção de A. platensis, mas na estação seca duas espécies foram significantemente mais abundantes no pasto irrigado, L. pseudolividus e A. crenulatus. D. gazella, A. scutellaris, A. platensis, D. bos e D. glaucus foram capturados em quantidades similares em ambos os pastos. A partir dos resultados obtidos, conclui-se que a irrigação afetou negativamente a abundância de besouros coprófagos, especialmente na estação seca, talvez devido a fertilizantes adicionados à água de irrigação. / Abstract: Dung beetles are of great economic importance due to the removal and burial of dung pads in pastures, enhancing physical and chemical properties of the soil; in addition they are agents of biological control of cattle parasites. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the influence of irrigation of a pasture by a central pivot, especially during the dry season, on the abundance and richness in species of dung beetles, when compared to a nonirrigated pasture. The experimental area was at Farm Santa Ofélia, located in Selvíria, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Collected cattle droppings of differents ages and pitfall traps were weekly baited with fresh dung pads, in an irrigated and a non-irrigated pasture, from April 2004 until April 2005. A total of 54,854 dung beetles were collected, where the most abundant species were Labarrus pseudolividus, Nialaphodius nigritas, Ataenius aequalis, A. crenulatus, A. platensis, A. sculptor, A. scutellaris, Dichotomius bos, D. nisus, D. glaucus, Digitonthophagus gazella, Ontherus appendiculatus, Pedaridium bidens and Trichillum externepunctatum. All species were most abundant during the rainy season. During the rainy season nearly all species were more abundant in the non-irrigated pasture, with A. platensis being the only exception, with larger numbers on the irrigated pasture. During the dry season two species, L. pseudolividus and A. crenulatus, were though more abundant in the irrigated pasture, while for D. gazella, A. scutellaris, A. platensis, D. bos and D. glaucus there were no statistically significant differences between pastures. Results show irrigation affected negatively the abundance of dung beetles, especially during the dry season. It is possible that the fertilizers added to the water used in the irrigation might have played a role in these results. / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-03-02Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:18:09Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oikawa_f_me_ilha.pdf: 859629 bytes, checksum: c6b2ebf82daf149144405cfaa83f1b45 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Scarabaeidae coprófagos têm grande importância econômica por removerem e enterrarem massas fecais bovinas em pastagens, melhorando as propriedades físicas e químicas do solo, além de serem agentes de controle biológico de parasitos de gado bovino. O objetivo desse experimento foi verificar se a irrigação de pastagem (com pivot central), especialmente na estação seca, influencia na abundância e riqueza em espécies de Scarabaeidae coprófagos, em comparação com um pasto não irrigado. O experimento foi realizado na Fazenda Santa Ofélia, Selvíria, estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Uma vez por semana foram feitas coletas de massas fecais de diferentes idades e armadilhas pitfall iscadas com massa fecal bovina, em áreas de pasto irrigado e não irrigado, no período de abril de 2004 a abril de 2005. Coletou-se 54854 besouros coprófagos, sendo as espécies mais abundantes: Labarrus pseudolividus, Nialaphodius nigrita, Ataenius aequalis, A. crenulatus, A. platensis, A. sculptor, A. scutellaris, Dichotomius bos, D. nisus, D. glaucus, Digitonthophagus gazella, Ontherus appendiculatus, Pedaridium bidens e Trichillum externepunctatum. Na estação chuvosa quase todas as espécies ocorreram em maior número no pasto não irrigado, com exceção de A. platensis, mas na estação seca duas espécies foram significantemente mais abundantes no pasto irrigado, L. pseudolividus e A. crenulatus. D. gazella, A. scutellaris, A. platensis, D. bos e D. glaucus foram capturados em quantidades similares em ambos os pastos. A partir dos resultados obtidos, conclui-se que a irrigação afetou negativamente a abundância de besouros coprófagos, especialmente na estação seca, talvez devido a fertilizantes adicionados à água de irrigação. / Dung beetles are of great economic importance due to the removal and burial of dung pads in pastures, enhancing physical and chemical properties of the soil; in addition they are agents of biological control of cattle parasites. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the influence of irrigation of a pasture by a central pivot, especially during the dry season, on the abundance and richness in species of dung beetles, when compared to a nonirrigated pasture. The experimental area was at Farm Santa Ofélia, located in Selvíria, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Collected cattle droppings of differents ages and pitfall traps were weekly baited with fresh dung pads, in an irrigated and a non-irrigated pasture, from April 2004 until April 2005. A total of 54,854 dung beetles were collected, where the most abundant species were Labarrus pseudolividus, Nialaphodius nigritas, Ataenius aequalis, A. crenulatus, A. platensis, A. sculptor, A. scutellaris, Dichotomius bos, D. nisus, D. glaucus, Digitonthophagus gazella, Ontherus appendiculatus, Pedaridium bidens and Trichillum externepunctatum. All species were most abundant during the rainy season. During the rainy season nearly all species were more abundant in the non-irrigated pasture, with A. platensis being the only exception, with larger numbers on the irrigated pasture. During the dry season two species, L. pseudolividus and A. crenulatus, were though more abundant in the irrigated pasture, while for D. gazella, A. scutellaris, A. platensis, D. bos and D. glaucus there were no statistically significant differences between pastures. Results show irrigation affected negatively the abundance of dung beetles, especially during the dry season. It is possible that the fertilizers added to the water used in the irrigation might have played a role in these results.

Adjacent terrestrial habitat surrounding wetlands are critical for the survival and success of many species that use them. The primary purpose of this study was to determine amphibian movement from adjacent habitats into Orchard Bog, a restored bog located in Shady Valley, Johnson County, Tennessee. In addition, a secondary bog, Quarry Bog, was also studied determining baseline presence/absence data A total of 16 species from six families were observed throughout the study sites. Seven species of anurans, Bufonidae, Hylidae, and Ranidae and nine species of caudates in the families Plethodontidae, Ambystomatidae and Salamandridae were identified. Fourteen of the 16 species were found within Orchard Bog. Data collected can be used to help determine more beneficial land acquisitions and management strategies. Survey methods included pitfall traps, funnel traps, coverboard arrays, and opportunistic surveys.

I conducted surveys of amphibian, reptile, and small mammal communities surrounding 4 isolated, upland and 6 stream-connected temporary wetlands on Tombigbee National Forest and Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in north Mississippi from May 2001 - March 2006. Trap captures yielded 17 amphibian species (n = 11,142), 21 reptile species (n = 541), and 10 small mammal species (n = 472). Upland pools supported greater diversity of Ambystomatid salamanders, anurans, lizards, and mice (Peromyscus spp.), than floodplain pools. Factors including landscape position of pools, proximity to alternate water sources, and barriers to dispersal potentially influenced faunal communities of temporary wetlands. Infrared-triggered cameras were used to monitor mammalian activity surrounding ephemeral wetlands to determine potential depredation of pitfall traps. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) accounted for most images (35% total images). I assessed relative effectiveness of sampling techniques to capture and retain herpetiles in presence of depredation. I tested pitfall trap, funnel trap, and pitfall trap combined with exclusion cover along driftence arrays. Overall, pitfall traps of both designs produced more captures than funnels, and excluded-pitfalls yielded greater captures than un-excluded pitfalls for most amphibians. Overall mortality rates were <2% of total captures with anurans accounting for most (63.30%) mortality. I submit that in long-term studies, pitfall traps with exclusion are prudent to limit sampling bias and mortality occurring with depredation of captured herpetofauna. During trapping, pit-traps of both designs yielded incidental captures of small mammals. Capture rates for small mammals were similar in un-excluded pitfall traps and excluded pitfall traps. Southern short-tailed shrews (Blarina carolinensis) and mice accounted for 93% of total captures and suffered 76% and 52% mortality, respectively, potentially due to exposure, starvation, flooding, and/or depredation. Additionally, one species listed as rare in Mississippi was captured during herpetofaunal surveys, oldfield mouse (Peromyscus polionotus). Due to potential impact of pitfall trapping on small mammals, I recommend that researchers either alter trapping methods to address non-target hazards (frequency of checking traps, providing shelter) or work cooperatively using an integrated survey approach for herpetiles and small mammals to limit trap mortality.

Resumo: 1. As armadilhas convencionais são amplamente utilizadas em estudos com pequenos mamíferos não-voadores, mas geralmente acarretam um viés de amostragem. Além disso, efeitos da qualidade do microhabitat e da sazonalidade podem influenciar a estimativa da diversidade. 2. Nós comparamos dois métodos de amostragem de pequenos mamíferos: armadilhas de captura viva e de queda, sendo a riqueza de espécies e número de indivíduos variáveis resposta. Os levantamentos de campo foram realizados em uma área contínua de Mata Atlântica. Os efeitos das variáveis de microhabitat e da sazonalidade sobre capturabilidade também foram investigados. 3. As armadilhas de queda capturaram maior número de espécies e indivíduos durante a estação chuvosa, quando comparadas com armadilhas de captura viva. Portanto, as armadilhas de queda foram o melhor método para estimar a riqueza e abundância de pequenos mamíferos, principalmente de espécies semi-fossoriais. 4. Nossos resultados mostraram a importância de considerar o esforço amostral despendido em armadilhas de captura vida e de queda ao se comparar a eficiência de captura entre elas. O uso da abundância relativa resolveu problemas de sub e de superestimativa da capturabilidade em cada tipo de armadilha. 5. Embora o microhabitat seja considerado um importante fator que pode influenciar o número de indivíduos em determinada área de estudo, não encontramos influência do mesmo na capturabilidade de armadilhas de captura viva e de queda na comunidade de pequenos mamíferos. No entanto, verificamos que as estações de captura que apresentaram maior área basal de samambaias e de árvores mortas capturaram mais indivíduos de Brucepattersonius soricinus, Oligoryzomys nigripes e Akodon montensis. 6. Concluímos, portanto que a maioria dos inventários de pequenos mamíferos em regiões tropicais não conseguiu captar a riqueza... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: 1. Conventional traps are widely used in studies of non-volant small mammals, but usually lead to sampling bias. Also, microhabitat quality and seasonality effects may influence the estimate of diversity. 2. We compared two small mammal sampling methods: live and pitfall traps. Species richness and number of individuals were our response variables, and field surveys were carried out in a continuous area of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Effects of microhabitat variables and seasonality on trappability were also investigated. 3. Pitfall traps captured more number of species and more individuals during the wet season, when compared with live traps. Therefore, pitfall-traps were a better method for estimating the richness and abundance of small mammals, especially semi-fossorial species. 4. Our results showed the importance of considering the sampling effort dispended in live and pitfall traps when comparing the capture efficiency between them. The use of weighted abundance solved trappability problems of underestimation and overestimation in each trap type to capture small mammals. 5. Although the microhabitat is considered an important factor that can influence the number of individuals in the study area, we found no influence of microhabitat on trappability of live and pitfall traps on small mammal community. However, we found that the trap stations with higher basal area of dead trees and ferns captured more individuals of Brucepattersonius soricinus, Oligoryzomys nigripes, and Akodon montensis. 6. We conclude that most small mammal inventories in tropical regions failed to capture the true species richness. Several species considered "rare" and underlisted as data deficient in IUCN criterion could be in fact common / Orientador: Mauro Galetti / Coorientador: Maria José de Jesus Silva / Banca: Marco Aurélio Pizo Ferreira / Banca: Denis Cristiano Briani / Mestre

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Insects are one of the important elements for the Agroforestry action and handling, once they can act as material decomposers, cultivations powerful pollinator and herbivorous. This work aimed to evaluate the Entomological Fauna which is associated to implementation period of Agroforestry Systems, using Nelder s pattern. The research was realized on Experimental Fields of Agroecological Studies belonging to Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Sergipe, at Tabuleiros Costeiros region, in São Cristóvão SE city. The insects related to eight Agroforestry Systems: eucalyptus + corn (SEM), eucalyptus + beans (SEF), teak + beans (STF), teak + corn (STM), gliricidia + beans (SGF), gliricidia + corn (SGM), leucaena + corn (SLM ) and leucaena + beans (SLF). The monthly collects of insects were realized from February to September/2012, with pitfalls traps aids. In all evaluated systems, the insects that are from Hymenoptera line contrasted in the previous period to the implementation of Agroforestry Systems, while the partners of Diptera line were more expressive in the post period. Coleoptera was the order of the richest families in both periods. The family Formicidae was the most representative, independently of the collect period. The biggest number of insects was noted after the implementation of Agroforestry Systems. The SLF presented the hugest number of individuals, the SLM and SLF the hugest wealthy of families and the SEF, the hugest variety of insect families. The composition of insect families was highly similar among the evaluated Agroforestry Systems. The obtained results indicate that the rainy period, the available food offer, the variety of vegetal species, the distance among the systems and the collect method which were used, influenced in the Entomofauna levy associated to Agroforestry Systems. / Os insetos são um dos componentes importantes para o funcionamento e manejo dos Sistemas Agroflorestais, uma vez que podem atuar como decompositores de materiais, polinizadores e herbívoros potenciais das culturas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a fauna entomológica associada à fase de implantação de Sistemas Agroflorestais utilizando modelo Nelder. A pesquisa foi realizada no Campo Experimental de Estudos Agroecológicos, pertencente ao Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Sergipe, na região dos Tabuleiros Costeiros, no município de São Cristóvão-SE. Foram analisados os insetos associados a oito Sistemas Agroflorestais: eucalipto + milho (SEM), eucalipto + feijão (SEF), teca + feijão (STF), teca + milho (STM), glirícidia + feijão (SGF), gliricídia + milho (SGM), leucena + milho (SLM) e leucena + feijão (SLF). As coletas mensais de insetos foram realizadas de fevereiro a setembro/2012, com auxílio de armadilhas pitfalls. Em todos os sistemas avaliados, os insetos da ordem Hymenoptera destacaram-se no período anterior à implantação dos Sistemas Agroflorestais, enquanto que os representantes da ordem Diptera foram mais expressivos no período posterior. Coleoptera foi a ordem com maior riqueza de famílias em ambos os períodos. A família Formicidae foi a mais representativa independentemente do período de coleta. Maior abundância de insetos foi observada após implantação dos Sistemas Agroflorestais. O SLF apresentou maior abundância de indivíduos, o SLM e SLF maior riqueza de famílias e o SEF maior diversidade de famílias de insetos. A composição de famílias de insetos foi altamente similar entre os Sistemas Agroflorestais avaliados. Os resultados obtidos indicam que o período chuvoso, a oferta de alimento disponível, a diversidade de espécies vegetais, a distância entre os sistemas e o método de coleta utilizado, influenciaram no levantamento da entomofauna associada à fase de implantação dos Sistemas Agroflorestais.

The survey of the diversity of coprophagous beetles (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, and Hydrophilidae families) and their soil activity took place at two sites in a cattle pasture in southern Bohemia (site A: 49°29'31.720"N, 14°23'44.310"E; site B: 49°29'23.257"N, 14°23'35.964"E; 575 m a. s. l.). Baited pitfall traps with fresh cow dung (1.5 l per trap) were used to capture the beetles. During the survey of the diversity of coprophagous beetle community, a total of 29 species of beetles numbering 1,189 specimens were captured from May to September 2013. Of these, the most numerous were the beetles of the genus Aphodius, who made up 79 % of the total number of captured specimens. In terms of biomass, Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) was significant, in that it made up 24 % of the total biomass of all of the captured beetles. This species contributes most to the decomposition of dung in the pasture. The family with the least number of specimens was Hydrophilidae. Beetles from this family made up 19 % of total number. Measurement of soil activity took place repeatedly over the course of 3 weeks, always after one-week measurement of diversity. The most numerous species (A. fimetarius, A. rufus and A. fossor) showed a linear dependence of the abundances in soil-activity traps on the abundances in diversity traps from the precedent capture period. A. sticticus was one of the most numerous species during surveys of diversity (10 %). This species, belonging to the dwellers group, was not recorded in soil-activity traps, however. Large tunnellers were represented mainly by G. spiniger in traps, for which the linear dependence was not possible to confirm.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-12-02Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:59:59Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 neves_cl_me_rcla.pdf: 579299 bytes, checksum: 4e0eb889aafa2deb8e85b3bfdbcfb15a (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / As armadilhas convencionais são amplamente utilizadas em estudos com pequenos mamíferos não-voadores, mas geralmente acarretam um viés de amostragem. Além disso, efeitos da qualidade do microhabitat e da sazonalidade podem influenciar a estimativa da diversidade. 2. Nós comparamos dois métodos de amostragem de pequenos mamíferos: armadilhas de captura viva e de queda, sendo a riqueza de espécies e número de indivíduos variáveis resposta. Os levantamentos de campo foram realizados em uma área contínua de Mata Atlântica. Os efeitos das variáveis de microhabitat e da sazonalidade sobre capturabilidade também foram investigados. 3. As armadilhas de queda capturaram maior número de espécies e indivíduos durante a estação chuvosa, quando comparadas com armadilhas de captura viva. Portanto, as armadilhas de queda foram o melhor método para estimar a riqueza e abundância de pequenos mamíferos, principalmente de espécies semi-fossoriais. 4. Nossos resultados mostraram a importância de considerar o esforço amostral despendido em armadilhas de captura vida e de queda ao se comparar a eficiência de captura entre elas. O uso da abundância relativa resolveu problemas de sub e de superestimativa da capturabilidade em cada tipo de armadilha. 5. Embora o microhabitat seja considerado um importante fator que pode influenciar o número de indivíduos em determinada área de estudo, não encontramos influência do mesmo na capturabilidade de armadilhas de captura viva e de queda na comunidade de pequenos mamíferos. No entanto, verificamos que as estações de captura que apresentaram maior área basal de samambaias e de árvores mortas capturaram mais indivíduos de Brucepattersonius soricinus, Oligoryzomys nigripes e Akodon montensis. 6. Concluímos, portanto que a maioria dos inventários de pequenos mamíferos em regiões tropicais não conseguiu captar a riqueza... / 1onventional traps are widely used in studies of non-volant small mammals, but usually lead to sampling bias. Also, microhabitat quality and seasonality effects may influence the estimate of diversity. 2. We compared two small mammal sampling methods: live and pitfall traps. Species richness and number of individuals were our response variables, and field surveys were carried out in a continuous area of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Effects of microhabitat variables and seasonality on trappability were also investigated. 3. Pitfall traps captured more number of species and more individuals during the wet season, when compared with live traps. Therefore, pitfall-traps were a better method for estimating the richness and abundance of small mammals, especially semi-fossorial species. 4. Our results showed the importance of considering the sampling effort dispended in live and pitfall traps when comparing the capture efficiency between them. The use of weighted abundance solved trappability problems of underestimation and overestimation in each trap type to capture small mammals. 5. Although the microhabitat is considered an important factor that can influence the number of individuals in the study area, we found no influence of microhabitat on trappability of live and pitfall traps on small mammal community. However, we found that the trap stations with higher basal area of dead trees and ferns captured more individuals of Brucepattersonius soricinus, Oligoryzomys nigripes, and Akodon montensis. 6. We conclude that most small mammal inventories in tropical regions failed to capture the true species richness. Several species considered “rare” and underlisted as data deficient in IUCN criterion could be in fact common