A5050449983- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
2019-2024
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2023-2024
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
2023
Abstract Herbivory is ubiquitous. Despite being a potential driver of plant distribution and performance, herbivory remains largely undocumented. Some early attempts have been made to review, globally, how much leaf area removed through insect feeding. Kozlov et al., in one the most comprehensive reviews regarding global patterns herbivory, compiled published studies foliar removal sampled data on levels using standardized protocol. However, review by only 15 sampling sites, comprising 33...
Myrmecochory—seed dispersal by ants—is a mutualistic interaction in which ants attracted seed appendices take them away from the parental plant location, where seeds usually have better development odds. Not all ant species benefit plants, and mechanisms of those divergent outcomes are still unclear, especially perspective microbial third parties. Here, we explore effects manipulation on fungi communities promoted two with contrasting germination antimicrobial cleaning strategies. We...
1. The ant species Pheidole oxyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has the particular behaviour of placing feathers along edge entrances to its nests. Here two hypotheses concerning this were tested: (i) P. , due essentially carnivore diet and nest structure (which acts as pitfall traps), uses enhance capture arthropods; (ii) a strategy for obtaining water, could act retainers night moisture. 2. To test first hypothesis, plots with 20 traps established, inside each plot placed around half these...
Abstract Urbanization can profoundly disrupt local ecology. But while urban areas now stretch across latitudes, little is known about urbanization’s effects on macroecological patterns. We used standardized experiments to test whether urbanization disrupts latitudinal gradients in seed predation, a pattern that shapes community assembly and diversity. Using >56,000 seeds, we compared predation urbanized natural 14,000 km of latitude, spanning the Americas. Predation increased 5-fold from...
Abstract Myrmecochory - seed dispersal by ants is a mutualistic interaction in which attracted appendices take them away from the parental plant location, where seeds usually have better development odds. Not all ant species benefit plants, and mechanisms of those divergent outcomes are still unclear, especially perspective microbial third parties. Here, we explore effects manipulation on fungi communities promoted two with contrasting germination antimicrobial cleaning strategies. We...