The role of spatial heterogeneity in diversity of squamate reptiles in the atlantic forest highlands of southeastern Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorBatista, Silara F. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSawaya, Ricardo J.
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Otavio A. V.
dc.contributor.institutionLaboratório de Ecologia e Evolução
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:46:22Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:46:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-01
dc.description.abstractSpatial heterogeneity of vegetation is considered to be one of the most important factors that can influence species richness in a region and, therefore, an important driver for species diversity. Here, we investigate how squamate diversity varies throughout a heterogeneous area in southeastern Atlantic Forest. Our sampling site corresponded to a mosaic of forest and open fields in Curucutu nucleus, Serra do Mar State Park, São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil. Species diversity varied throughout the mosaic in terms of species composition and relative abundance, with some species being clearly associated with a particular physiognomy. However, a decrease is observed in species richness in forest, after the rarefaction method is applied, showing that when the abundance effect is excluded, only species composition differed between physiognomies. On the other hand, both space and environmental heterogeneity were associated with diversity and distribution of squamates. Our results emphasize the importance of environmental heterogeneity, as well as the influence of the spatial location of the sample units, in structuring squamate diversity in a highland assemblage from the Atlantic Forest.en
dc.description.affiliationInstituto Butantan Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”/UNESP Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal do ABC Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Rua Arcturus, 3
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”/UNESP Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120191522
dc.identifier.citationAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 93, n. 4, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/0001-3765202120191522
dc.identifier.issn1678-2690
dc.identifier.issn0001-3765
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85117732367
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/222712
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAtlantic forest
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectDistribution
dc.subjectHeterogeneity
dc.subjectSquamata
dc.titleThe role of spatial heterogeneity in diversity of squamate reptiles in the atlantic forest highlands of southeastern Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-4742-2230[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1897-1836[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-2830-9558[3]

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