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We describe two new species of Neotropical land planarians found in protected areas of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. Cratera obsidiana Amaral, Boll Leal-Zanchet, sp. nov., found in the State Park of Turvo, is the first species of the genus Cratera described from an area of deciduous seasonal forest. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the uniformly black dorsal color and the prostatic vesicle with proximal portion laterally expanded and directed upward. Luteostriata subtilis Boll, Amaral Leal-Zanchet, sp. nov., found in the National Park of Aparados da Serra, in an area covered by Araucaria moist forest, is distinguished from its congeners by only two conspicuous longitudinal stripes on the dorsal surface of the body and a large fold in the male atrium below the opening of the ejaculatory duct. We also provide an updated key for species of Cratera and the first key for species of Luteostriata.
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Planarians , Tracheophyta , Animals , Brazil , Color , Forests , MaleABSTRACT
Urbanization has altered the distribution of diseases of public health importance along gradients of human occupation. Adopting dichotomous urban/rural categories to explain differences in the risk of exposure, as well as the prevention of diseases is insufficient. In this paper, we present the potential of representations based on the gradient perspective to characterize the living spaces of municipalities where malaria is endemic in northwest Acre. Inventoried data in 40 localities in the Mâncio Lima and Rodrigues Alves municipalities and information on land use and land cover obtained from the TerraClass Database were used to characterize the urban spatial forms and their social content. Results showed a gradient of intensities: from municipal seats to the most connected localities through the road network to riverine communities. Based on the results, we hope to advance the discussion about the use of normative definitions of “urban” and “rural” for public policies and actions to control and eliminate malaria, considering the position of each locality in its own locally referenced urban gradient.
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Rural Population/statistics & numerical data , Urban Population/statistics & numerical data , Brazil/epidemiology , Cities , Humans , Malaria/epidemiology , Public Policy , UrbanizationABSTRACT
Resumo Na Amazônia brasileira, as dinâmicas de urbanização e conversão florestal possuem lógicas complexas, dependentes de fatores e agentes atuando em diferentes escalas. Este artigo explora a evolução espacial e temporal da urbanização e da conversão florestal na Amazônia, a partir de elementos mensuráveis presentes nestes processos: a expansão urbana, dimensão observável dos processos de urbanização; e o desmatamento, uma medida dos processos de conversão florestal. A identificação de padrões espaço-temporais similares, avaliados quanto às tendências de evolução temporal do grau de urbanização e incremento de desmatamento em 2000, 2010 e 2014, foi base para a proposta de uma tipologia das relações entre expansão urbana e desmatamento para os estados da Amazônia Legal e municípios do Pará. O estudo explorou também as relações entre expansão urbana e desmatamento, com uso de regressões geograficamente ponderadas (GWR), observando duas unidades espaciais de análise para o estado do Pará: os limites municipais e uma grade celular (20x20km). Esta abordagem multiescalar evidenciou a dificuldade de se estabelecerem relações conclusivas quanto à co-ocorrência, ou concordância, da evolução dos processos de urbanização e conversão florestal. Os resultados contribuem para o estabelecimento de uma agenda sobre modelos de desenvolvimento regional que retome o urbano como essencial para uma Amazônia socialmente justa e ambientalmente responsável.
Abstract In the Brazilian Amazon, dynamics of urbanization and forest conversion have complex logics, and are dependent on factors and agents operating at different levels. This article explores the spatial and temporal evolution of urbanization and forest conversion in the Amazon region from measurable elements present in these processes: urban expansion, observable dimensions of urbanization processes, and deforestation, a measure of forest conversion processes. The identification of similar spatiotemporal patterns, evaluated according to trends in the evolution of the degree of urbanization and the increase of deforestation in the years 2000, 2010 and 2014, was the basis for proposing a typology of relation between urban expansion and deforestation for the states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon and municipalities of Pará State. The study also explored the relation between urban expansion and deforestation, using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR), observing two spatial units of analysis for Pará State: the municipal boundaries and a regular grid (20x20km). This multiscale approach evidenced the difficulty in establishing conclusive relationships regarding co-occurrence, or agreement, between the evolution of urbanization and forest conversion processes. Our results aim to establish an agenda on regional development models which take the urban phenomenon as essential for a socially just and environmentally responsible Amazon.
Resumen En la Amazonia brasileña las dinámicas de urbanización y conversión selvática poseen lógicas complejas que dependen de factores y agentes que actúan en diferentes escalas. Este artículo explora la evolución espacial y temporal de la urbanización y la conversión selvática en la Amazonia a partir de elementos mensurables presentes en estos procesos: la expansión urbana, dimensión observable de los procesos de urbanización, y la deforestación, una medida de los procesos de conversión selvática. La identificación de patrones espaciotemporales similares, evaluados en cuanto a las tendencias de evolución temporal del grado de urbanización y del incremento de deforestación en los años 2000, 2010 y 2014 fueron la base para la propuesta de una tipología de las relaciones entre expansión urbana y deforestación para los municipios del Pará. El estudio exploró también las relaciones entre expansión urbana y deforestación, mediante el uso de la regresión geográficamente ponderada (GWR), observando dos unidades espaciales de análisis para el Pará: los límites municipales y una rejilla con celdas (20x20km). Este enfoque multiescalar evidenció la dificultad para establecer relaciones concluyentes en cuanto a la coocurrencia, o la concordancia, entre los procesos de urbanización y conversión selvática. Los resultados contribuyen al establecimiento de una agenda sobre modelos de desarrollo regional que retome lo urbano como esencial para una Amazonia socialmente justa y ambientalmente responsable.
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Humans , Urbanization , Forests , Amazonian Ecosystem , Conservation of Natural Resources , Spatial Analysis , Brazil , Demography , Population Growth , Cities , Censuses , Spatio-Temporal Analysis , Rainforest , Data AnalysisABSTRACT
We present distribution data of all Alopoglossidae and Gymnophthalmidae lizards known from the Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 54 species-level taxa, belonging to 17 genera and two families. This represents 22 more species-level taxa than previously reported. Data were based on 17,431 specimens deposited in three North American and eight Brazilian museums, including the main collections harboring Amazonian material. Most species (~80%) are endemic to Amazonia; non-endemic species are mainly associated with open vegetation (savanna) enclaves or open dry (semideciduous) forest in Amazonia, with a few exceptions. As a whole, seven taxa (including one species complex) are widespread in Amazonia, six are restricted to eastern Amazonia, seven to western Amazonia, two to southwestern Amazonia, 11 to southern Amazonia, 11 to northern Amazonia (either in part of it or widespread in the Guiana region), and six to the southern peripheral portion of Amazonia. Besides, four species present unique distributions. Considering this study and the other three catalogues of distribution of lizards already published, the total number of lizard species from Brazilian Amazonia increased from 97 to 142 species-level tava. It represents an increase of 45 species from the region since the last revision.
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Lizards , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , ForestsABSTRACT
We present distribution data of all Anguidae, Scincidae, and Teiidae lizards known from the Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 29 species-level taxa, belonging to 14 genera. This represents 11 more species-level taxa than previously reported for these families in this area. Data were based on literature and 46,806 specimens deposited in three North American and eight Brazilian museums, including the main collections harboring Amazonian material. Most species (~55%) are endemic to Amazonia. Except for Ameiva ameiva, that is present in several environments and domains, non-endemic species are either associated with open dry (semideciduous) forest or open vegetation (savanna) enclaves in Amazonia, occupying similar environments outside Amazonia, gallery forests within the Cerrado, or present disjunct populations in the Atlantic Forest. As a whole, six taxa are widespread in Amazonia, four are restricted to eastern Amazonia, four to western Amazonia, three to southwestern Amazonia, one to northern Amazonia, and seven to the southern peripheral portion of Amazonia. Besides, two species present apparently more restricted, unique distributions. Only three species have a distribution that is congruent with one of the areas of endemism (AE) recognized for other organisms (birds and primates), of which two occur in AE Guiana and one in AE Inambari.
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Lizards/classification , Lizards/physiology , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , Ecosystem , Species SpecificityABSTRACT
Two new species of Geoplaninae from southern Brazil are described herein. The new species, belonging to the genus Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990, can be distinguished from each other and from their congeners by colour pattern and characteristics of the copulatory apparatus, especially regarding the female organs and prostatic vesicle. Both new species seem to be endemic to areas covered by deciduous forest.
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Platyhelminths/classification , Animals , Brazil , Female , Forests , Male , Platyhelminths/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
Invasive species establish successfully in new habitats especially due to their ability to include new species in their diet and due to the freedom from natural enemies. However, native species may also adapt to the use of new elements in their ecosystem. The planarian Endeavouria septemlineata, first recorded in Hawaii, was later found in Brazil. Recently, we found it in human-disturbed areas in southern Brazil and here we investigate its interactions with other invertebrates both in the field and in the laboratory. We observed the species in the field during collecting activities and hence maintained some specimens alive in small terraria in the laboratory, where we offered different invertebrate species as potential prey and also put them in contact with native land planarians in order to examine their interaction. Both in the field and in the laboratory, E. septemlineata showed a gregarious behavior and was found feeding on woodlice, millipedes, earwigs and gastropods. In the laboratory, specimens often did not attack live prey, but immediately approached dead specimens, indicating a scavenging behavior. In an experiment using the slug Deroceras laeve and the woodlouse Atlantoscia floridana, there was a higher consumption of dead specimens of woodlice and slugs compared to live specimens, as well as a higher consumption of dead woodlice over dead slugs. Four native land planarians of the genus Obama and one of the genus Paraba attacked and consumed E. septemlineata, which, after the beginning of the attack, tried to escape by tumbling or using autotomy. As a scavenger, E. septemlineata would have no impact on the populations of species used as food, but could possibly exclude native scavengers by competition. On the other hand, its consumption by native land planarians may control its spread and thus reduce its impact on the ecosystem.
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The genus Cratera Carbayo et al. was proposed to encompass five species of Geoplaninae from southeastern Brazil that were mainly recorded in the state of São Paulo. Here we describe a new species of the genus, C. steffeni sp. nov., that occurs in areas of Araucaria Forest in southern Brazil, which augments the known distribution of Cratera. The new species is distinguished from others of the genus by its characteristic colour pattern and a combination of internal morphological characters.
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Platyhelminths/classification , Animals , Brazil , Forests , Platyhelminths/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
Land flatworms show high endemism due to their restricted mobility. In southern Brazil, land flatworm communities have been found mainly in areas of ombrophilous forests. Thus, this study documents land planarian species composition in remnants of deciduous seasonal forest in the northeast region of southern Brazil. Direct, diurnal samplings reveal the occurrence of 26 species of land flatworms, of which one belongs to the subfamily Rhynchodeminae and the others to the subfamily Geoplaninae. The Rhynchodeminae genus Rhynchodemus Leidy 1851 and the following Geoplaninae genera occurred: CephaloflexaCarbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003, Choeradoplana Graff, 1896, Imbira Carbayo et al., 2013, IssocaFroehlich, 1955, LuteostriataCarbayo, 2010, Obama Carbayo et al., 2013, Paraba Carbayo et al., 2013, Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 and XerapoaFroehlich, 1955, besides the collective group Pseudogeoplana Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990. The genus Obama had the highest species richness (S=6), followed by Paraba (S=4) and Pasipha (S=3). Eighteen species were recorded exclusively in one of the two study areas, and eight species occurred in both sites. The known distribution of Luteostriata abundans (Graff, 1899), Choeradoplana iheringiGraff, 1899, Obama ficki (Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012), Imbira guaiana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001) and Pasipha hauseri (Froehlich, 1959) is increased. Results emphasize the relevance of expanding taxonomic studies on land flatworms and including more study areas in southern Brazil.
Os tricladidos terrestres apresentam alto grau de endemismo, devido especialmente è sua capacidade de locomoção reduzida. No Rio Grande do Sul, dados sobre as comunidades de planárias terrestres são principalmente conhecidos de áreas de floresta ombrófila mista. O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a composição das espécies de planárias terrestres em remanescentes de floresta estacional decidual, situados na região nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul. Com base em coletas diurnas diretas foram registradas 26 espécies, pertencentes ès subfamílias Geoplaninae e Rhynchodeminae. Foram registrados os seguintes gêneros de Geoplaninae: CephaloflexaCarbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003, Choeradoplana Graff, 1896, Imbira Carbayo et al., 2013, IssocaFroehlich, 1955, LuteostriataCarbayo, 2010, Obama Carbayo et al., 2013, Paraba Carbayo et al., 2013, Pasipha Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 e XerapoaFroehlich, 1955, além do grupo coletivo Pseudogeoplana Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 e do gênero de Rhynchodeminae Rhynchodemus Leidy 1851. O gênero Obama apresentou a maior riqueza de espécies (S=6), seguido por Paraba (S=4) e Pasipha (S=3). Dezoito espécies foram registradas exclusivamente em uma das áreas de estudo, enquanto oito espécies ocorreram em ambas localidades. Amplia-se a distribuição conhecida de Luteostriata abundans (Graff, 1899), Choeradoplana iheringiGraff, 1899, Obama ficki (Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012), Imbira guaiana (Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001) e Pasipha hauseri (Froehlich, 1959). Além disso, os resultados enfatizam a importância de ampliação dos estudos taxonômicos de planárias terrestres, bem como das áreas de estudo no sul do Brasil.
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O fenômeno urbano na Amazônia contemporânea se estende pelo território e se estrutura por diversas formas socioespaciais, tais como as comunidades locais, que, ao formarem redes urbanas incipientes, têm características particulares definindo sua importância na estruturação do território regional. Neste artigo, é proposto o uso de técnicas quali-quantitativas para definir uma tipologia para as comunidades ribeirinhas do Baixo Tapajós (Pará): variáveis descritoras, obtidas por questionários de campo aplicados a 62 comunidades, entre Santarém e Itaituba, e submetidas à estatística multivariada. A partir da análise de componentes principais para 30 variáveis e agrupamento hierárquico, cinco grupos de comunidades foram identificados e descritos; resultado considerado consistente com as observações de campo. Variáveis relacionadas principalmente ao uso da terra e à infraestrutura condicionaram esta classificação. Comunidades em unidades de conservação, independente da localização na margem do Rio Tapajós, apresentaram situação distinta das demais, sendo que a presença do Estado, suportando programas governamentais, mostrou-se fundamental para manutenção de todas as comunidades.
The phenomenon of urban growth in the Amazon can be seen throughout the territory today and is structured into many different sociospatial forms. One such form consists of local communities, which, as they develop incipient urban networks, show specific characteristics that define their importance in the structuring of the territory throughout the region. In this paper we propose the use of quali-quantitative techniques for defining a typology for riverine communities along the Lower Tapajos River, in the State of Pará in northern Brazil. Descriptive variables were obtained through field-applied questionnaires in 62 communities between the towns of Santarém and Itaituba. The variables were then submitted to multi-variate statistics. On the basis of the analysis of the main components of 30 variables and hierarchical grouping, five groups of communities were identified and described, and the results were considered consistent with the field-based observations. Variables related mainly to the use of the land and to infrastructure conditioned this classification. Communities located in conservation units, regardless of exactly where they were located along the banks of the Tapajos river, were in a situation different from that of the other communities, since the maintenance of all of them depended on programs of the Pará State Government. The methodology presented can also be applied to other areas in the Amazon, provided that the specific characteristics of each area are taken into consideration. The typology proposed identifies the differences and presence of the communities in the regional space along the Lower Tapajos, and can be used for drawing up public policies addressed to local populations.
El fenómeno urbano en la Amazonia contemporánea se extiende por su territorio y se estructura por diversas formas socioespaciales, tales como las comunidades locales que, al formar redes urbanas incipientes, adquieren características particulares, definiendo su importancia en la estructuración del territorio regional. En este artículo, se propone el uso de técnicas cuali-cuantitativas para definir una tipología para las comunidades ribereñas del Baixo Tapajós (Pará): variables descriptoras, que se obtuvieron por medio de cuestionarios de campo aplicados a 62 comunidades, entre Santarém e Itaituba, y sometidas a la estadística multivariada. A partir del análisis de componentes principales para 30 variables y agrupamiento jerárquico, se identificaron y describieron cinco grupos de comunidades; el resultado fue considerado consistente con las observaciones de campo. Variables relacionadas principalmente al uso de la tierra y a la infraestructura condicionaron dicha clasificación. Comunidades en unidades de conservación, independientemente de la localización en la orilla del río Tapajós, presentaron una situación distinta de las demás; la presencia del Estado, apoyando programas gubernamentales, se mostró fundamental para el mantenimiento de todas las comunidades. La metodología presentada se puede aplicar a otras áreas en la Amazonia, siempre que se consideren las especificidades regionales. La tipología propuesta identifica las diferencias y la inserción de las comunidades del Baixo Tapajós en el espacio regional y se puede utilizar en el diseño de políticas públicas dirigidas a las poblaciones locales.
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Humans , Rural Population , Urbanization/trends , Brazil , CrowdingABSTRACT
The workshop 'Species distribution models: applications, challenges and perspectives' held at Belo Horizonte (Brazil), 29-30 August 2011, aimed to review the state-of-the-art in species distribution modelling (SDM) in the neotropical realm. It brought together researchers in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation, with different backgrounds and research interests. The application of SDM in the megadiverse neotropics-where data on species occurrences are scarce-presents several challenges, involving acknowledging the limitations imposed by data quality, including surveys as an integral part of SDM studies, and designing the analyses in accordance with the question investigated. Specific solutions were discussed, and a code of good practice in SDM studies and related field surveys was drafted.
