The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape

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Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Batista, Rômulo, Prado, Paulo I. [UNESP], Brown Jr., Keith S., Freitas, A. V.L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0222-x
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/219767
Resumo: Nowadays 37% of Earth's ice-free land is composed by fragments of natural habitats settled in anthropogenic biomes. Therefore, we have to improve our knowledge about distribution of organisms in remnants and to understand how the matrix affects these distributions. In this way, the present study aims to describe the structure of the butterfly assemblages and determined how richness and abundance are influenced by the scale of the surrounding vegetation. General linear models were used to investigate how the type and scale of vegetation cover within a radius of 100-2,000 m around the sampling point explained butterfly diversity. After sampling ten forest fragments we found 6,488 individuals of 73 species. For all clades tested null models explain the species richness at the fragments better than other models when we include the effect of butterfly abundance as a covariate. Abundance of Satyrini, Brassolini, and Biblidinae were best predicted by small scales (100-200 m), and large scales were more suited for Charaxinae. The presence of pasture best explains the abundance of all groups except Charaxinae, which was best explained by early-regrowth forest. The abundance of different species and groups are correlated with different kinds of vegetation cover. However, we demonstrate that small scales (100-200 m) are more effective at explaining the abundance of most butterflies. These results strongly suggest that efforts to preserve insect diversity in forest fragments should take in account the immediate surroundings of the fragment, and not only the regional landscape as a whole. In general, actions of people living near forest fragments are as important to fruit-feeding butterflies as large scale actions are, with the former being seldom specified in management plans or conservation policies. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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spelling The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscapeAtlantic forestBioindicatorsBrazilButterfly conservationForest fragmentationNymphalidaeNowadays 37% of Earth's ice-free land is composed by fragments of natural habitats settled in anthropogenic biomes. Therefore, we have to improve our knowledge about distribution of organisms in remnants and to understand how the matrix affects these distributions. In this way, the present study aims to describe the structure of the butterfly assemblages and determined how richness and abundance are influenced by the scale of the surrounding vegetation. General linear models were used to investigate how the type and scale of vegetation cover within a radius of 100-2,000 m around the sampling point explained butterfly diversity. After sampling ten forest fragments we found 6,488 individuals of 73 species. For all clades tested null models explain the species richness at the fragments better than other models when we include the effect of butterfly abundance as a covariate. Abundance of Satyrini, Brassolini, and Biblidinae were best predicted by small scales (100-200 m), and large scales were more suited for Charaxinae. The presence of pasture best explains the abundance of all groups except Charaxinae, which was best explained by early-regrowth forest. The abundance of different species and groups are correlated with different kinds of vegetation cover. However, we demonstrate that small scales (100-200 m) are more effective at explaining the abundance of most butterflies. These results strongly suggest that efforts to preserve insect diversity in forest fragments should take in account the immediate surroundings of the fragment, and not only the regional landscape as a whole. In general, actions of people living near forest fragments are as important to fruit-feeding butterflies as large scale actions are, with the former being seldom specified in management plans or conservation policies. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.Departamento de Biologia Animal Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas, P.O. Box 6109, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São PauloCentro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas Departamento de Pesquisa e Monitoramento Ambiental, Avenida Mário Ipiranga Monteiro 3280, Manaus, Amazonas 69050-030Departamento de Ecologia Geral, Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-900Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual de Campinas, P.O. Box 6109, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970Departamento de Ecologia Geral, Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-900Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do AmazonasUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Ribeiro, Danilo BandiniBatista, RômuloPrado, Paulo I. [UNESP]Brown Jr., Keith S.Freitas, A. V.L.2022-04-28T18:57:22Z2022-04-28T18:57:22Z2012-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article811-827http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0222-xBiodiversity and Conservation, v. 21, n. 3, p. 811-827, 2012.0960-31151572-9710http://hdl.handle.net/11449/21976710.1007/s10531-011-0222-x2-s2.0-84856960351Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengBiodiversity and Conservationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-04-28T18:57:22Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/219767Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T17:08:19.508286Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
title The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
spellingShingle The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini
Atlantic forest
Bioindicators
Brazil
Butterfly conservation
Forest fragmentation
Nymphalidae
title_short The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
title_full The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
title_fullStr The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
title_full_unstemmed The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
title_sort The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape
author Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini
author_facet Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini
Batista, Rômulo
Prado, Paulo I. [UNESP]
Brown Jr., Keith S.
Freitas, A. V.L.
author_role author
author2 Batista, Rômulo
Prado, Paulo I. [UNESP]
Brown Jr., Keith S.
Freitas, A. V.L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini
Batista, Rômulo
Prado, Paulo I. [UNESP]
Brown Jr., Keith S.
Freitas, A. V.L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Atlantic forest
Bioindicators
Brazil
Butterfly conservation
Forest fragmentation
Nymphalidae
topic Atlantic forest
Bioindicators
Brazil
Butterfly conservation
Forest fragmentation
Nymphalidae
description Nowadays 37% of Earth's ice-free land is composed by fragments of natural habitats settled in anthropogenic biomes. Therefore, we have to improve our knowledge about distribution of organisms in remnants and to understand how the matrix affects these distributions. In this way, the present study aims to describe the structure of the butterfly assemblages and determined how richness and abundance are influenced by the scale of the surrounding vegetation. General linear models were used to investigate how the type and scale of vegetation cover within a radius of 100-2,000 m around the sampling point explained butterfly diversity. After sampling ten forest fragments we found 6,488 individuals of 73 species. For all clades tested null models explain the species richness at the fragments better than other models when we include the effect of butterfly abundance as a covariate. Abundance of Satyrini, Brassolini, and Biblidinae were best predicted by small scales (100-200 m), and large scales were more suited for Charaxinae. The presence of pasture best explains the abundance of all groups except Charaxinae, which was best explained by early-regrowth forest. The abundance of different species and groups are correlated with different kinds of vegetation cover. However, we demonstrate that small scales (100-200 m) are more effective at explaining the abundance of most butterflies. These results strongly suggest that efforts to preserve insect diversity in forest fragments should take in account the immediate surroundings of the fragment, and not only the regional landscape as a whole. In general, actions of people living near forest fragments are as important to fruit-feeding butterflies as large scale actions are, with the former being seldom specified in management plans or conservation policies. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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