Aspectos da biologia reprodutiva e coexist?ncia temporal de duas esp?cies simp?tricas do g?nero Anoura, em Valen?a, Rio de Janeiro.

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Lorena de Oliveira Tabosa
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRRJ
• Texto Completo: https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1554
• topic: reproduction; spatial niche; Glossophaginae; reprodu??o; nicho espacial; Zoologia

Studies on reproductive patterns, temporal and seasonal activity and use of space by animals can contribute to the knowledge about the coexistence of similar morphologically and phylogenetically related species in a particular region. The aims of this study wasanalyze the reproductive biology and coexistence of two nectarivorous species, Anoura caudifer and A. geoffroyi, on Santu?rio de Vida Silvestre da Serra da Conc?rdia in Valenca, RJ. Samplings were conducted from Novembrer 2010 to February 2015, near a cave in which the species sheltered and in nearby trails. Anoura caudifer presented reproductive restricted monoestrous seasonal pattern, with pregnant in higher rainfall and temperature months of. The frequency of pregnant, lactating were not uniform, with peaks in a few months. The sex ratio was 0.5 female to 1 male. Anoura geoffroyi presented pattern reproductive poli?strico bimodal, with evident peak in the rainy months and possible second peak in the middle of the year, probably becausefemales migrated to another refuge. Frequencies of pregnant and lactating have not been uniform. The sex ratio was 1.6 to 1 female male. Although active males of both species were found in all months of the year, were porssible observe a pattern in response to female reproductive pattern. Differences in male and female physiology in response to high or low food availability may be the reason why only females are influenced by the increase in annual rainfall. Anoura caudifer and A. geoffroyi showed similar patterns in activity time, with peaks in the first two hours of the night, characteristic for nectarivorous and frugivorous bats. The frequency of A. caudifer capture proved to be similar in the cave trail and in other sampling sites, regardless of the presence of A. geoffroyi, which occurred almost entirely, on the trail of the cave. Probably this species employ different strategies to minimize a possible competition, as the differentiation in use of space in the Santu?rio da Conc?rdia.