Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Souza, Débora Rodrigues de
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Stingel, Erich, Almeida, Luiz Carlos de, Munhae, Catarina Bortoli, Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio J., Bueno, Odair Correa [UNESP], Castro Morini, Maria Santina de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2010.183.188
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/71946
Resumo: Problem statement: One of the current requirements of agroecosystem management is the maintenance of biodiversity. Manual sugarcane harvesting with the previous burning of straw has been gradually replaced by mechanical harvesting in Brazil. However, the diversity of Formicidae, which can be a natural pest controller, has not been studied in this new system yet. Approach: This study was carried out to assess the diversity of ants in an exclusively mechanically harvested sugarcane culture based on the hypothesis that species richness and abundance will increase with the deposition of straw in this culture system. Ants were sampled using pitfall traps in six sugarcane cultivars during three consecutive harvest cycles. Results: A total of 8,139 ants, distributed in 39 species, were collected. Richness, abundance and diversity differed between harvest cycles, especially in the first cycle, when the soil did not have any straw and in the two last cycles and the straw layer was about 10-15 cm thick. The communities found in the second and third cycles were similar and the maintenance of straw in the culture contributed to a greater species diversity, particularly of generalist predaceous taxa, which may contribute to the natural control of pests. Conclusion: The diversity of ants increased with straw deposition, including of taxa that may be beneficial to the sugarcane culture. However, new studies of the predatory and competition relations in this agroecosystem are necessary. © 2010 Science Publications.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
title Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
spellingShingle Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
Souza, Débora Rodrigues de
Abundance
Community
Predators
Richness
Saccharum officinarum
Taxa
Formicidae
title_short Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
title_full Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
title_fullStr Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
title_sort Ant diversity in a sugarcane culture without the use of straw burning in southeast, são paulo, Brazil
author Souza, Débora Rodrigues de
author_facet Souza, Débora Rodrigues de
Stingel, Erich
Almeida, Luiz Carlos de
Munhae, Catarina Bortoli
Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio J.
Bueno, Odair Correa [UNESP]
Castro Morini, Maria Santina de
author_role author
author2 Stingel, Erich
Almeida, Luiz Carlos de
Munhae, Catarina Bortoli
Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio J.
Bueno, Odair Correa [UNESP]
Castro Morini, Maria Santina de
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC)
Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souza, Débora Rodrigues de
Stingel, Erich
Almeida, Luiz Carlos de
Munhae, Catarina Bortoli
Mayhé-Nunes, Antonio J.
Bueno, Odair Correa [UNESP]
Castro Morini, Maria Santina de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Abundance
Community
Predators
Richness
Saccharum officinarum
Taxa
Formicidae
topic Abundance
Community
Predators
Richness
Saccharum officinarum
Taxa
Formicidae
description Problem statement: One of the current requirements of agroecosystem management is the maintenance of biodiversity. Manual sugarcane harvesting with the previous burning of straw has been gradually replaced by mechanical harvesting in Brazil. However, the diversity of Formicidae, which can be a natural pest controller, has not been studied in this new system yet. Approach: This study was carried out to assess the diversity of ants in an exclusively mechanically harvested sugarcane culture based on the hypothesis that species richness and abundance will increase with the deposition of straw in this culture system. Ants were sampled using pitfall traps in six sugarcane cultivars during three consecutive harvest cycles. Results: A total of 8,139 ants, distributed in 39 species, were collected. Richness, abundance and diversity differed between harvest cycles, especially in the first cycle, when the soil did not have any straw and in the two last cycles and the straw layer was about 10-15 cm thick. The communities found in the second and third cycles were similar and the maintenance of straw in the culture contributed to a greater species diversity, particularly of generalist predaceous taxa, which may contribute to the natural control of pests. Conclusion: The diversity of ants increased with straw deposition, including of taxa that may be beneficial to the sugarcane culture. However, new studies of the predatory and competition relations in this agroecosystem are necessary. © 2010 Science Publications.
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