Macroecology of reproductive modes in the diverse anuran fauna of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

dc.contributor.authorGimenez, Paula L. A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, Tiago S. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-30T13:39:40Z
dc.date.available2022-11-30T13:39:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-01
dc.description.abstractMacroecology of reproductive modes in the diverse anuran fauna of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Anurans exhibit the widest variety of reproductive modes among tetrapod vertebrates. The Atlantic Forest is a hotspot for biological conservation; however, biogeographic documentation of the richness of anuran reproductive modes are underexplored. By overlaying maps of 249 species having reproductive modes with aquatic eggs and 101 species with non-aquatic eggs, we described the geographical patterns of anuran reproductive modes in the Atlantic (orest and identified the main correlates of reproductive diversity of these two major types of anuran reproduction. We found the greatest diversity of reproductive modes in the coastal region of the Atlantic Forest, whereas a smaller number of reproductive modes was found in inland regions of the hotspot. These regions are broadly characterized by deciduous/semideciduous forests and a warmer and more seasonal climate regime in southeastern and southern Brazil. In this climatically harsher region, reproductive modes were more basal and generalized in anurans. Correlative analyses showed that the richness of reproductive modes with aquatic eggs can be described by general combinations of climate, topography, and vegetation types, whereas larger numbers of reproductive modes with non-aquatic eggs are better described b[ specific variables of temperature seasonalit[, amount of ombrophilous forests, and ruIIed topoIraph[. The predictors identified here are environmental variables that should be continuously monitored in situ; identifying threshold values that could lead a species to a critical conservation status is Me[ to efficientl[ protectinI the rich anuran fauna of the Atlantic Forest.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Lab Biogeog & Macroecol, BR-17033360 Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Lab Biogeog & Macroecol, BR-17033360 Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2011/18510-0
dc.format.extent17-30
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v21i1p17-30
dc.identifier.citationPhyllomedusa. Piracicaba: Univ Sao Paulo, Esalq, v. 21, n. 1, p. 17-30, 2022.
dc.identifier.doi10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v21i1p17-30
dc.identifier.issn1519-1397
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/237601
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000818659700002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniv Sao Paulo, Esalq
dc.relation.ispartofPhyllomedusa
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectBiogeography
dc.subjectBiological diversity
dc.subjectNeotropical amphibians
dc.subjectReproductive diversity
dc.titleMacroecology of reproductive modes in the diverse anuran fauna of the Brazilian Atlantic Foresten
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderUniv Sao Paulo, Esalq

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