Questioning the implementation of habitat corridors: a case study in interior São Paulo using ants as bioindicators

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Dm. Lapola¹  Hg. Fowler¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Rio Claro SP ,Brazil

关键词: ants;    habitat corridors;    forest fragmentation;    reforestation;    Atlantic Forest;    formigas;    corredores ecológicos;    fragmentação florestal;    reflorestamento;    Mata Atlântica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842008000100003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this paper we operated ant collections in three inland Atlantic forest fragments and in the neighboring Edmundo Navarro de Andrade State Forest (FEENA), an Eucalyptus plantation located in Rio Claro, interior of São Paulo State. We show that the ant communities of the native forest fragments are more similar among themselves than to the ant community of FEENA. Thus we evidence that, in addition to the clear difference in vegetation segment, other components of the biota (like ants) can be different between FEENA and the native forest fragments. Our results conveniently served as a basis to discuss the proposal of connecting FEENA to the three native forest fragments by a habitat corridor. These fragments are important to conservation purposes since they represent the biggest areas of native vegetation in the region.

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