Atlantic rain forest recovery: successional drivers of floristic and structural patterns of secondary forest in Southern Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1056-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Zanini ◽  
R. S. Bergamin ◽  
R. E. Machado ◽  
V. D. Pillar ◽  
S. C. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Forest Recovery ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Structural Patterns

scholarly journals Natural regeneration in a quaternary coastal plain in southern Brazilian Atlantic Rain forest

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleber Ibraim Salimon ◽  
Raquel R. B. Negrelle
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Structure And Dynamics ◽  
Composition Structure ◽  
Similar Area

Composition, structure and dynamics of an eight year old secondary forest was studied at Reserva Volta Velha (26°04'S; 48°38'W), southern Brazil. A 0.72ha plot was divided into 36 subplots of 20X10m, where all trees/shrubs greater than 1m tall were identified, measured (height/diameter) and evaluated (successional status). The results were: (1) 95 species collected within 68 genera and 44 families; the most species rich families were Myrtaceae and Asteraceae with 8 species each; (2) the most important species (considering biomass and density) were Psidium cattleianum, Eupatorium casarettoi, Ocotea pulchella and Ternstroemia brasiliensis; (3) the most similar area was a fallow abandoned 35 years ago; (4) the higher species diversity were found in border subplots, indicating that most of the species do not tolerate extreme conditions in the center of the opening, and are colonizing the area through the borders.

scholarly journals Bromeliad-associated mosquitoes from Atlantic forest in Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil (Diptera, Culicidae), with new records for the State of Santa Catarina

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerson Azulim Müller ◽  
Carlos Brisola Marcondes
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
The State ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Medical Importance ◽  
First Time

Bromeliad-associated mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Atlantic Forest in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, were studied, examining plants of Vriesea philippocoburgi Wawra and Aechmea lindenii (E. Morren) Baker var. lindenii at secondary Atlantic rain forest, and A. lindenii and Vriesea friburgensis Mez var. paludosa (L. B. Smith) at "restinga" per month, during 12 months. No immature forms of mosquitoes were collected from A. lindenii in the secondary forest. Collections obtained 368 immature mosquitoes, none of them from A. lindenii from rain forest. Culex (Microculex) spp. constituted 79.8% of the total, Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) spp. 17.93%, and Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii (Dyar & Knab, 1908) only 1.36%. The study shows the great predominance of species of medical importance not yet proved, and the small number of immature stages of anopheline mosquitoes. The rainfall, but not the mean temperatures, significantly influenced the quantity of mosquitoes from V. philippocoburgi. Significant differences between the quantities of immature forms of all the bromeliad species were found, and the shape of the plants could be important to the abundance of mosquitoes. All six species of Cx. (Microculex) found are recorded for the first time in the State of Santa Catarina, and all six species of Wyeomyia (Phoniomyia) are recorded for the first time in bromeliads in this state.

A new Brazilian species of Stenochironomus Kieffer mining decayed leaves in bromeliads (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1046 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ CARLOS DE PINHO ◽  
HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES ◽  
CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Conservation Unit ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Brazilian Species

All life stages of Stenochironomus atlanticus Pinho & Mendes sp. n. are described and figured. The larva mines decaying leaves held in the water of several bromeliad species (Canistrum lindenii (Regel) Mez, Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L.B. Smith, Nidularium innocentii Lemaire, Vriesea philippocoburgii Wawra, and Vriesea vagans (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith.) in the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil [Desterro Environmental Conservation Unit (Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Desterro – UCAD), Santa Catarina Island]. Stenochironomus atlanticus is the only species in the genus found in the phytotelmata habitat, and it apparently is restricted to this environment.

Mata Atlântica enchytraeids (Paraná, Brazil): A new genus, Xetadrilus gen. nov., with three new species, and four new species of Guaranidrilus Černosvitov (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2838 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RÜDIGER M. SCHMELZ ◽  
RUT COLLADO ◽  
JÖRG RÖMBKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Forest Recovery ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Species Specific

Seven new species of terrestrial Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) are described from soils of the southern Brazilian Atlantic rain forest. They were found in the framework of the German-Brazilian project SOLOBIOMA, which studied rain forest recovery. Specimens were investigated in vivo and as stained whole mounts. Three species belong to a new genus, named Xetadrilus. Xetadrilus is similar to Guaranidrilus Č ernosvitov, 1937 and Tupidrilus Righi, 1974; it differs in the absence of lateral chaetae from segment VIII on and in peculiar structures of the prostomium: ganglia, inner papillae, and a frontal epithelial recess. Further peculiarities are small body size, absence of oesophageal appendages, and a variable pattern of pharyngeal glands. The three species are named X. maacki, X. aphanus, and X. fabryi. Three further nominal species are transferred to Xetadrilus: Marionina pituca Righi, 1974, Marionina righiana Xie & Rota, 2001, and Stercutus ugandensis Bell, 1954. The other four new species belong to Guaranidrilus, the species-richest genus at the sampling sites. They are named G. andreolii, G. marquesi, G. cingulatus, and G. hoeferi. All species have elongate transverse epidermal gland cells, three pairs of post-pharyngeal ganglia, and a dorsal vesicle in the nephridial postseptale. These traits may be included in the genus diagnosis. In all species described here, most of the species-specific taxonomic traits are found in non-reproductive structures, which means that specimens of all age groups can be identified to the species level, juveniles included.

scholarly journals Checklist of ferns and lycophytes from the highlands of Pico Paraná State Park, Paraná, Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jovani B. de Souza Pereira ◽  
Paulo H. Labiak
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Phylogenetic Diversity ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
High Level ◽  
Ferns And Lycophytes

Abstract We present a checklist for the ferns and lycophytes from Pico Paraná State Park, in Southern Brazil. The Park is entirely located at the Serra do Mar mountains, and represents an important remnant of the Atlantic Rain Forest with altitude achieving 1,887 m. In this locality is the Pico Paraná, the highest mountain in Southern Brazil. This study was focused on the altitudes above 1,000 m, which are mainly represented by dwarf forests and altitudinal fields. A total of 142 species were recorded, three of them (Ceradenia maackii, Diplazium tamandarei, and Stenogrammitis wittigiana) are only found in the park in Southern Brazil. Besides of the checklist of the species, we highlight some important aspects related to endangered species, geographic distribution, and life forms. The high level of endemism, the presence of endangered species, and the phylogenetic diversity as represented by distinct families of ferns and lycophytes show the biogeographic importance of this area for the conservation of these groups of plants.

scholarly journals New distribution record of Nigrohydnum nigrum Ryvarden (Polyporales: Basidiomycota) in the Atlantic forest

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Robledo ◽  
Adriana De Mello Gugliotta
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Voucher Specimen ◽  
Distribution Record ◽  
New Distribution

Nigrohydnum nigrum Ryvarden is a rare polypore previously known only from two records in Brazil. During a herbarium revision at SP we have identified an old voucher specimen, extending the previously known geographic distribution to the Atlantic rain forest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil.

New Sycoracinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS ◽  
FREDDY BRAVO ◽  
ALOÍSIO FALQUETO
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Speci Mens ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Biological Reserve

Two new species of Sycorax from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Sycorax canaanensis Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. and Sycorax tuberculata Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Male speci-mens were collected with CDC light traps in the Biological Reserve of Augusto Ruschi, municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding raises the number of described Western Hemisphere Sycorax species to 15.

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