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Thermal ecology, activity pattern, habitat, and microhabitats used by the skink Mabuya arajara (Squamata: Scincidae) in the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil

dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Samuel Cardozo
dc.contributor.authorTeles, Diego Alves
dc.contributor.authorMesquita, Daniel Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Waltécio de Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Luciano Alves dos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorGuarnieri, Miriam Camargo
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Cariri–UFCA
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Regional do Cariri–URCA
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-12T01:53:39Z
dc.date.available2020-12-12T01:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-26
dc.description.abstractWe evaluated the activity period, thermal ecology, habitats, and preference for microhabitats of the skink Mabuya arajara in a humid forest environment on the slope of the Araripe Plateau, Brazil. A total of 283 lizards were observed. The lizards were found to be diurnally active (unimodal type pattern), with peak activity during the hottest hours of the day (1100 to 1200). About habitat use, the majority of individuals (73.8% N = 209) were recorded in the narrow transitional area, in the edges of the forest; while 26.4% of individuals were observed in open areas and no observations were made in dense forest. Seven different types of microhabitats were used, with fallen palm leaves (Arecaceae) being the preferred (47.7% N = 135). Considering all lizards, microhabitat niche breadth was 3.27. Males and females presented a high overlap (0.95) in microhabitat use. The average Tc recorded for M. arajara was 32.06 ± 2.72°C. Body size (SVL) did not influence body temperature (F = 0.51, P = > 0.05). Most of the animals were observed with their bodies completely exposed (67.84%, N = 192), 18.37% (N = 52) were semi-exposed and 13.79% (N = 39) were in shelters. Among animals with some degree of sunlight exposure, 57.59% (N = 163) were in shadows, 25.10% (N = 71) were under sunlight filtered by vegetation, and 17.31% (N = 49) were under direct sunlight.A review of the ecology of Mabuya spp. shows that several features appear to be conserved among members of the genus.en
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Biologia e Ecologia de Animais Silvestres–LABEAS Instituto de Formação de Educadores–IFE Universidade Federal do Cariri–UFCA
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular Universidade Regional do Cariri–URCA
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Química Biológica Universidade Regional do Cariri–URCA
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia Universidade Federal da Paraíba–UFPB
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia UNESP–Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Ilha Solteira
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva UNIFESP–Universidade Federal de São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia UNESP–Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Ilha Solteira
dc.format.extent2365-2377
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1704460
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Natural History, v. 53, n. 39-40, p. 2365-2377, 2019.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00222933.2019.1704460
dc.identifier.issn1464-5262
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85077878428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/199950
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Natural History
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectChapada do Araripe
dc.subjectCopeoglossum arajara
dc.subjectLizard
dc.subjectNatural History
dc.subjectThermoregulation
dc.titleThermal ecology, activity pattern, habitat, and microhabitats used by the skink Mabuya arajara (Squamata: Scincidae) in the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.departmentBiologia e Zootecnia - FEISpt

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