Meat, flour and sugar baits were used on the soil surface and buried to examine species composition of the ant fauna in three separate tropical forests in Brazil, and to control for the effect of the regional faunal pool. Compositional mosaic diversities were comparable among areas, bait types and foraging strata. Mosaic diversity was independent of mean as-semblage size. The number of unique species per sampling unit was correlated with mean as-semblage size. Canonical correspondence analysis ordered species first by foraging substrate, second by geographic location, and third by diet. The first axis was significantly correlated with mean similarity and affinity. Mean Mahanalobis distances between centroids of groups based upon foraging strata were significantly larger than between localities, indicating local ecological pressures stronger than regional species pool constraints. As most species foraged in only one stratum in one geographical position and were not omnivorous, the response of species to environmental gradients (continuums) showed a lower coherency with these patterns than did communities, structured around guilds based upon foraging strata and diet.
Guia para a elaboração dos programas de regularização ambiental dos Estados
Guia para a elaboração dos programas de regularização ambiental dos Estados
O Observatório do Código Florestal aspira com este guia contribuir com os poderes públicos estaduais e do Distrito Federal na regulamentação do Novo Código Florestal, sintetizando os elementos relevantes para a implantação do PRA, com segurança jurídica e maior eficiência ambiental.