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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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How the freshwater turtles survive and reproduce in caatinga? - Life history traits of Phrynops tuberosus (Testudines: Chelidae) / Como os cÃgados sobrevivem e se reproduzem na caatinga? Aspectos da histÃria de vida de Phrynops tuberosus (Testudines: Chelidae)

JoÃo FabrÃcio Mota Rodrigues 19 February 2013 (has links)
The life history theory studies the characteristics combinations that maximize the organisms reproduction and survival in the environment where they live. The species use the habitat in a diverse way and this use depends on the environmental conditions in the available habitats. Phrynops tuberosus, a freshwater turtle found in the north-northeastern regions of Brazil, is the animal-model chosen for the life history traits and habitat use studies. This work aims understand how this species reproduce, maintain and use the habitat in Caatinga. The study generated biological and ecological knowledge of the species and allowed the testing of hypotheses and predictions of life history traits, sexual dimorphism and habitat use. Selection of clutching sites, males smaller than females and preference of larger animals for environments most exposed were found in the populations studied. The results facilitate understanding of reproduction and survival of turtles in a semiarid environment. / A teoria de histÃria de vida estuda as combinaÃÃes de caracterÃsticas que maximizam a reproduÃÃo e a sobrevivÃncia dos organismos no ambiente onde vivem. As espÃcies utilizam o ambiente de modo diverso, e esse uso depende das condiÃÃes existentes nos hÃbitats disponÃveis. Phrynops tuberosus, cÃgado encontrado nas regiÃes norte-nordeste do Brasil, Ã o animal-modelo escolhido para o estudo dos traÃos de histÃria de vida e de uso de hÃbitat. Esse trabalho objetiva entender como a espÃcie se reproduz, organiza-se e utiliza o hÃbitat na caatinga. O estudo gerou conhecimentos biolÃgicos e ecolÃgicos da espÃcie e permitiu o teste de hipÃteses e previsÃes sobre traÃos de histÃria de vida, dimorfismo sexual e uso de hÃbitat. SeleÃÃo de locais de desova, machos menores que fÃmeas e preferÃncia de animais maiores por ambientes mais expostos foram encontradas nas populaÃÃes estudadas. Os resultados encontrados facilitam a compreensÃo da reproduÃÃo e da sobrevivÃncia dos quelÃnios em um ambiente do semiÃrido.

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