Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Santos,Maurício Beux dos
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Oliveira,Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins de, Tozetti,Alexandro Marques
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Biota Neotropica
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032012000300008
Resumo: This study examined species composition differences among snake and lizard assemblages from coastal dunes and restinga habitats in southernmost Brazil. Animals were collected between April 2009 and March 2010 using pitfall traps, artificial shelters, and time-constrained searches in grasslands areas susceptible to flooding. Species richness was higher in the restinga, but lower than the observed in other Brazilian biomes, possibly associated with more unstable microclimate conditions and low habitat complexity (vertical and horizontal distribution of the vegetation) in this habitat. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the most abundant species of both snakes and lizards have fossorial habits. The assemblage of snakes is apparently mainly determined by abiotic characteristics of the habitat, while the assemblage of lizards, by vegetation cover.
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spelling Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazildiversitylizardsrestingasand dunessnakesThis study examined species composition differences among snake and lizard assemblages from coastal dunes and restinga habitats in southernmost Brazil. Animals were collected between April 2009 and March 2010 using pitfall traps, artificial shelters, and time-constrained searches in grasslands areas susceptible to flooding. Species richness was higher in the restinga, but lower than the observed in other Brazilian biomes, possibly associated with more unstable microclimate conditions and low habitat complexity (vertical and horizontal distribution of the vegetation) in this habitat. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the most abundant species of both snakes and lizards have fossorial habits. The assemblage of snakes is apparently mainly determined by abiotic characteristics of the habitat, while the assemblage of lizards, by vegetation cover.Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP2012-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032012000300008Biota Neotropica v.12 n.3 2012reponame:Biota Neotropicainstname:Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade (BIOTA-FAPESP)instacron:BIOTA - FAPESP10.1590/S1676-06032012000300008info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos,Maurício Beux dosOliveira,Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins deTozetti,Alexandro Marqueseng2012-11-08T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1676-06032012000300008Revistahttps://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v20n1/pt/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||juliosa@unifap.br1676-06111676-0611opendoar:2012-11-08T00:00Biota Neotropica - Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade (BIOTA-FAPESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
title Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
spellingShingle Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
Santos,Maurício Beux dos
diversity
lizards
restinga
sand dunes
snakes
title_short Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
title_full Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
title_fullStr Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
title_sort Diversity and habitat use by snakes and lizards in coastal environments of southernmost Brazil
author Santos,Maurício Beux dos
author_facet Santos,Maurício Beux dos
Oliveira,Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins de
Tozetti,Alexandro Marques
author_role author
author2 Oliveira,Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins de
Tozetti,Alexandro Marques
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos,Maurício Beux dos
Oliveira,Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins de
Tozetti,Alexandro Marques
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv diversity
lizards
restinga
sand dunes
snakes
topic diversity
lizards
restinga
sand dunes
snakes
description This study examined species composition differences among snake and lizard assemblages from coastal dunes and restinga habitats in southernmost Brazil. Animals were collected between April 2009 and March 2010 using pitfall traps, artificial shelters, and time-constrained searches in grasslands areas susceptible to flooding. Species richness was higher in the restinga, but lower than the observed in other Brazilian biomes, possibly associated with more unstable microclimate conditions and low habitat complexity (vertical and horizontal distribution of the vegetation) in this habitat. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the most abundant species of both snakes and lizards have fossorial habits. The assemblage of snakes is apparently mainly determined by abiotic characteristics of the habitat, while the assemblage of lizards, by vegetation cover.
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