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Título: The old and young Amazon: Dung beetle biomass, abundance, and species diversity
Autor: Radtke, Meghan G.
Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos da
Williamson, G. Bruce
Palavras-chave: Abundance
Beetle
Biomass
Neotropical Region
Species Diversity
Species Richness
Amazon Basin
Ecuador
South America
Coleoptera
Mammalia
Mya
Scarabaeidae
Data do documento: 2007
Revista: Biotropica
É parte de: Volume 39, Número 6, Pags. 725-730
Abstract: The Amazon Basin can be divided into two geomorphological regions based on the age of its soils: young (< 30 mya) and old (> 300 mya). We tested the effects of soil age on dung beetle communities by comparing biomass, abundance, and species between reserves in Ecuador on young soils and reserves in Brazil on old soils. Beetle biomass in the old Amazon was one-third that in the young Amazon, and beetle abundance in the old Amazon was one-fourth that in the young Amazon. Species richness, rarefied to equal sample sizes, was not significantly different between old and young soils. These data suggest young soils of the Amazon support a significantly greater biomass and abundance of dung beetles than old soils, but that species richness across the Basin is similar. As dung beetles are bio-indicators of mammals, our data support previous studies indicating a greater biomass of mammals on young versus old Amazon soils. © 2007 The Author(s).
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00324.x
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