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      Arthropod recolonization in the restoration of a semideciduous forest in southeastern Brazil

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      Neotropical Entomology
      Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
      Formicidae, seasonal forest, monitoring, ecological indicator

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          The use of arthropods for monitoring habitat changes has grown widely in the last decades. In Brazil, however, most of the studies in restored areas have involved only vegetation changes. The present study aimed at investigating recolonization patterns of epigeic arthropods in recently restored sites of semideciduous forests in southeastern Brazil. We compared the community structure of adjoining sites 5, 17, 29 and 36 months old with that at a nearby forest remnant (reference site). We also determined the most abundant species and looked for ecological indicator species of each site age. Arthropods were sampled using pitfall traps, and their assemblages were described and compared with multi- and univariate statistical methods. Species abundance and richness equivalent to the reference site were reached at five months after planting, however species composition was very distinctive not only in relation to the reference site, but also among restored sites. Some of the main species found in this restoration stage are common in agroecosystems or cerrado vegetation. Nevertheless, there was a clear trend of arthropod fauna in restored sites moving toward the fauna in the forest remnant over time. Our results also highlighted ants and termites because of their abundance and ants because of their high value as ecological indicators of restoration age.

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                Journal
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                Neotropical Entomology
                Neotrop. entomol.
                Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (Londrina, PR, Brazil )
                1519-566X
                1678-8052
                April 2010
                : 39
                : 2
                : 198-206
                Affiliations
                [02] Ribeirão Preto SP orgnameUniv de São Paulo orgdiv1Centro de Estudo e Extensão Florestal orgdiv2Depto de Biologia Brasil emvarand@ 123456ffclrp.usp.br
                [01] São José do Barreiro SP orgnameInstituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Brasil mara.pais@ 123456icmbio.gov.br
                Article
                S1519-566X2010000200009 S1519-566X(10)03900209
                10.1590/S1519-566X2010000200009
                f3b1e279-064d-4cae-b5d6-7ccac1205650

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 12 January 2010
                : 23 June 2009
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 59, Pages: 9
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                Ecology, Behavior and Bionomics

                monitoring,ecological indicator,Formicidae,seasonal forest

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