Title
Habitat selection and diet composition of Microlophus occipitalis (Reptilia: Tropiduridae) in Sechura, Piura - Peru
Other title
Selección de hábitat y composición de la dieta de Microlophus occipitalis (Reptilia: Tropiduridae) en Sechura, Piura - Perú.
Date Issued
01 August 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Católica Del Norte
Universidad Nacional de Piura
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Microlophus occipitalis is a diurnal lizard distributed on the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, of which it is tried to determine the use and resources selection of habitat, as well as the main components of its diet. Survey was done in Napique lagoon (Piura, Peru), using the Design Type I of Manly (availability and use are estimated for all individuals of the species within the study area), and the Manly Selection Ratio to determine resources selection. The composition of the diet and amplitude of the trophic niche was analyzed with the standardized Levins index. A total of 1055 observations allowed determining that M. occipitalis selected the Trunk and Stone resources. The dominant activity was Food, followed by Sunbathe. There was a high consumption of Hymenoptera, followed by the Coleoptera. Microlophus occipitalis is a species that mainly uses the trunks and stones that occur in its habitat to be able to thermoregulate. Its main activity is food. It is a carnivorous species that in the spring-summer season consumes mainly ants and coleoptera but complements its diet with flowers and leaves in low quantity, in a seemingly accidental consumption.
Start page
221
End page
228
Volume
25
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85055262820
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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