Natural History and Ecology of Soldier Beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in the Mexican Tropical Dry Forests

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cisteil X Pérez-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests

scholarly journals Reptile diversity and community composition in the Puyango dry forest

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Acosta Vásconez Ana ◽  
Cisneros-Heredia Diego ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Phylogenetic Groups ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest

Reptiles are key animals in vertebrate communities in most ecosystems. However, there is little information on their diversity and abundance in dry forests of Ecuador. Between 2013 and 2014 we studied the reptile diversity and natural history of the Puyango Protected Forest, on the border between the province of Loja and El Oro, Ecuador. This area protects relicts of dry deciduous forest in hills and patches of semi-deciduous forest around ravines. We used belt transects in three different streams and irregular band transects in trails, together with pitfall traps, funnel traps, and litter quadrants. The richness of the Puyango Protected Forest represents a small percentage of the Ecuadorian reptile diversity, but covers much of the representative phylogenetic groups of tropical dry forests of the world. Sampling was effective to determine saurian diversity, but more sampling is needed to estimate snake diversity. Evidence of the presence of 21 species, divided into 10 families, was obtained; of which 14 are snakes (including a potential new species of the genus Epictia) and seven are lizards. Natural history is described for each species, including time and space use, and their conservation status is analyzed. The reptile community is characterized by a relative homogeneity over the vegetation remnants and the highest abundances correspond to saurian species.

New species of the Rhinella crucifer group (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3265 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA ◽  
PAULA HANNA VALDUJO ◽  
JOSÉ P. POMBAL JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Rhinella of Central Brazil from the Rhinella crucifer group is described. Rhinella inopina sp. nov. is restricted to the disjunct Seasonal Tropical Dry Forests enclaves in the western Cerrado biome. The new species is characterized mainly by head wider than long, shape of parotoid gland, and oblique arrangement of the parotoid gland. Data on natural history and distribution are also presented.

scholarly journals Reptile diversity and community composition in the Puyango dry forest

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Acosta Vásconez Ana ◽  
Cisneros-Heredia Diego ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Phylogenetic Groups ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest

Reptiles are key animals in vertebrate communities in most ecosystems. However, there is little information on their diversity and abundance in dry forests of Ecuador. Between 2013 and 2014 we studied the reptile diversity and natural history of the Puyango Protected Forest, on the border between the province of Loja and El Oro, Ecuador. This area protects relicts of dry deciduous forest in hills and patches of semi-deciduous forest around ravines. We used belt transects in three different streams and irregular band transects in trails, together with pitfall traps, funnel traps, and litter quadrants. The richness of the Puyango Protected Forest represents a small percentage of the Ecuadorian reptile diversity, but covers much of the representative phylogenetic groups of tropical dry forests of the world. Sampling was effective to determine saurian diversity, but more sampling is needed to estimate snake diversity. Evidence of the presence of 21 species, divided into 10 families, was obtained; of which 14 are snakes (including a potential new species of the genus Epictia) and seven are lizards. Natural history is described for each species, including time and space use, and their conservation status is analyzed. The reptile community is characterized by a relative homogeneity over the vegetation remnants and the highest abundances correspond to saurian species.

How Tropical Dry Forests Respond To Hurricane Damage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Daniel Avila Cabadilla ◽  
Mariana Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Hurricane Damage

Soil biogeochemistry across Central and South American tropical dry forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie G. Waring ◽  
Mark E. De Guzman ◽  
Dan V. Du ◽  
Juan M. Dupuy ◽  
Maga Gei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
South American ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Soil Biogeochemistry

scholarly journals Seed dispersal by carnivores in temperate and tropical dry forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Alejandro Rubalcava‐Castillo ◽  
Joaquín Sosa‐Ramírez ◽  
José de Jesús Luna‐Ruíz ◽  
Arturo Gerardo Valdivia‐Flores ◽  
Luis Ignacio Íñiguez‐Dávalos
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests

Paraburkholderia spp. are the main rhizobial microsymbionts of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. in soils of the Brazilian tropical dry forests (Caatinga biome)

2021 ◽  
pp. 126208
Author(s):  
Marcos André Moura Dias ◽  
Claudia Silva Gomes Bomfim ◽  
Dalila Ribeiro Rodrigues ◽  
Aleksandro Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Jéssica Caroline Souza Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Dry Forests ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Mimosa Tenuiflora

Assessing the accuracy of detected breaks in Landsat time series as predictors of small scale deforestation in tropical dry forests of Mexico and Costa Rica

2019 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 707-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughn Smith ◽  
Carlos Portillo-Quintero ◽  
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa ◽  
Jose L. Hernandez-Stefanoni
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Dry Forests
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