A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest

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Autor(a) principal: Santos,Jean C.
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Delabie,Jacques H. C., Fernandes,G. Wilson
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262008000100015
Resumo: Fire represents an important disturbance to ant communities in areas of fire regime. Otherwise, little is known about the effects of fire on ant communities in areas of non-fire regimes, such as in the Amazonian region. We evaluated the long-term effect of fire on ant species richness in a rain forest (Bacaba Plateau) burned 15-years ago and compare our data with the data of primary unburned forest. A total of 85 ant species distributed in 21 genera and 14 tribes were collected; among them, 72 and 44 species were found on the litter and vegetation, respectively. The fire damaged forest studied supports an intermediate richness of ants when compared to a primary unburned rain forest in the same region. A comparative analysis of ant species richness showed that the Bacaba Plateau presented a different ant fauna when compared with the primary unburned forests, suggesting that fire can alter ant species composition. Although, our results cannot be conclusive on the effects of fire on ant community, they represent a pioneer data on human induced fire in tropical rain forests.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
title A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
spellingShingle A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
Santos,Jean C.
Amazon
Brazil
community structure
rain forest
species richness
title_short A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
title_full A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
title_fullStr A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
title_full_unstemmed A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
title_sort A 15-year post evaluation of the fire effects on ant community in an area of Amazonian forest
author Santos,Jean C.
author_facet Santos,Jean C.
Delabie,Jacques H. C.
Fernandes,G. Wilson
author_role author
author2 Delabie,Jacques H. C.
Fernandes,G. Wilson
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos,Jean C.
Delabie,Jacques H. C.
Fernandes,G. Wilson
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Amazon
Brazil
community structure
rain forest
species richness
topic Amazon
Brazil
community structure
rain forest
species richness
description Fire represents an important disturbance to ant communities in areas of fire regime. Otherwise, little is known about the effects of fire on ant communities in areas of non-fire regimes, such as in the Amazonian region. We evaluated the long-term effect of fire on ant species richness in a rain forest (Bacaba Plateau) burned 15-years ago and compare our data with the data of primary unburned forest. A total of 85 ant species distributed in 21 genera and 14 tribes were collected; among them, 72 and 44 species were found on the litter and vegetation, respectively. The fire damaged forest studied supports an intermediate richness of ants when compared to a primary unburned rain forest in the same region. A comparative analysis of ant species richness showed that the Bacaba Plateau presented a different ant fauna when compared with the primary unburned forests, suggesting that fire can alter ant species composition. Although, our results cannot be conclusive on the effects of fire on ant community, they represent a pioneer data on human induced fire in tropical rain forests.
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