Title
Influence of habitat structure on Pristimantis species (Anura: Craugastoridae)in a bamboodominated forest fragmentin southwestern Amazonia
Date Issued
01 June 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal do Acre
Publisher(s)
University of Sao Paolo
Abstract
Structural and determinate factors for the composition of assemblages of species are diverse. Two theories attempt to explain the pattern of species composition in assemblies using different approaches-i.e., Niche Theory and Neutral Theory. Anurans have complex responses to habitat structure. Species of Pristimantis are good indicators for conservation because they are organisms with direct development. The effect of habitat structure on species of Pristimantis in a bamboo-dominated remnant forest located in southwestern Amazonia is analyzed herein. Active visual and auditory searches in 10 plots of the Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio) were conducted between November 2012 and May 2013. Four hundred and sixty individuals of five species were recorded. Pristimantis altamazonicus, P. diadematus, P. fenestratus, P. reichlei, and P. skydmainus. Neither spatial distance nor the structure of the habitat of the plots affected the composition of Pristimantis. This first axis of PCA explained 45.6% variation of the characterization habitat structure, correctly significantly with the number of Pristimantis, species increasing with trees between 10 ≤ dbh < 30cm and decreased with density of bamboo. The increase in litter depth and canopy cover influenced in the occurrence of P. reichlie, the occurrence of P. skydmainus decreased with cm and the occurrence of P. diadematus decreased relative to increased canopy cover. Pristimantis diadematus and P. skydmainus were the most restricted species in terms of habitat and were especially susceptible to bamboo density.
Start page
19
End page
31
Volume
14
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología del desarrollo
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84939531784
Source
Phyllomedusa
ISSN of the container
15191397
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Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus