Temporal and spatial distribution of anuran fauna in different environments in Hidrolândia, Goiás State, Central Brazil

Authors

  • Felipe Siqueira Campos
  • Wilian Vaz-Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/4764

Abstract

The environmental degradation has resulted in decline of several anuran populations. The present work aim was to analyze ecological aspects of anuran assemblages in different environments in the municipality of Hidrolândia, Goiás, relating the environmental heterogeneity with the breadth and spatial niche overlap, in addition to producing information about the richness, the abundance, and the spatial and temporal distribution of the local populations. The samples were realized monthly among September 2006 and August 2007, by visits with three days of duration, in five different environments of the region. Twenty-two species of anurans were registered, with an abundance of approximately 4.000 specimens, classified in 11 genus and six families. The most abundant species were Dendropsophus minutus, D. Cruzi, and Physalaemus cuvieri. The habitat with the biggest spatial heterogeneity was also the one with the biggest species diversity (1.03). The sampled environments presented a high anuran fauna similarity, showing a greater similarity in forests and anthropic environments. In order to describe the limits and the interpenetration of spatial distribution activities of each species registered, analysis of breadth and spatial niche overlap were realized. The set of data analyzed has determined a direct influence of environmental spatial heterogeneity in the richness and in the spatial and temporal share of local anurans.

Key words: environmental heterogeneity, spatial and temporal distribution, anurans.

Downloads

Published

2021-06-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2010): September/December

Section

Articles

License

I grant the journal Neotropical Biology and Conservation the first publication of my article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (which allows sharing of work, recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal).

I confirm that my article is not being submitted to another publication and has not been published in its entirely on another journal. I take full responsibility for its originality and I will also claim responsibility for charges from claims by third parties concerning the authorship of the article.

I also agree that the manuscript will be submitted according to the journal’s publication rules described above.