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Snake assemblages of Marajó Island, Pará state, Brazil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-03) RODRIGUES, Gerson Moreira; MASCHIO, Gleomar Fabiano; PRUDENTE, Ana Lúcia da Costa
We describe the diversity, natural history and structure of snake assemblages from Marajó Island, state of Pará, Brazil, after analyzing 439 specimens deposited in herpetological collections. We tested the hypothesis that snake assemblages from forest and open areas of Marajó Island are distinct with regard to their structure, composition and functional groups. To compare the snake composition of the forest and open areas of Marajó with other comparable assemblages in Brazil, Principal Coordinate Analysis and Clustering tests were performed. A total of 61 species of snakes was recorded for Marajó, with ten species cited for the first time for the study area (Atractus natans Hoogmoed & Prudente, 2003, A. schach (Boie, 1827), Dendrophidion dendrophis(Schlegel, 1837), Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910, Hydrops martii (Wagler in Spix, 1824), Lygophis meridionalis(Schenkel, 1901), Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758), Philodryas argentea (Daudin, 1803), Siphlophis cervinus(Laurenti, 1768), and Thamnodynastes sp.). The composition and structure of snake assemblages between forested and open were different, with five functional groups of snakes in forest areas, and three groups in open areas, based on habit and habitat. In all, 19 species were exclusive to forest areas, 10 were exclusive to open areas and 26 species were recorded in both areas. Our results revealed greater richness for forested areas, probably due to greater habitat heterogeneity. The species composition for forested area in Marajó was similar to that found in other Amazonian assemblages, while that for open areas was more similar to the Pantanal region than other open area assemblages. The general structure of the snake assemblage of Marajó was dominated by anurophagous, terrestrial and diurnal species. Terrestrial, arboreal and semi-arboreal snakes showed a seasonal offspring production pattern, while the pattern for aquatic and semi-aquatic species was aseasonal. The structure of assemblages was influenced by both historical and ecological factors.
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Fungos causadores de ferrugens (Pucciniales) em plantas da Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, Amazônia Central, Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-06) CARVALHO, Aline Carvalho de; SOTÃO, Helen Maria Pontes; FRANÇA, Isadora Fernandes de
This work presents the Pucciniales fungi species found as parasites of plants in a forest area of the Amazon biome located in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve (ADFR) in Manaus (AM), Brazil. Seventeen species were identified and all represent the first record for the study area. They were Aecidium annonae, A. amazonense, A. juruense, A. xylopiae, Crossopsora piperis, Desmella aneimiae, Dietelia duguetiae, Edythea palmaea, Porotenus biporus, P. memorae, Puccinia bambusarum, P. heliconiae, P. thaliae, Sphenospora smilacina, Uredo borreriae, U. maceiensis and U. pusilla. All represent the first record for the field of study. The list includes new records for Brazil (U. pusilla), for the Amazon region (D. duguetiae) and for the state of Amazonas (A. nnonae, A. xylopiae, C. piperis, E. palmaea, P. biporus and S. smilacina). Rust species were recorded in 17 genera and 12 families of plants (Annonaceae, Arecaceae, Bignoniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Heliconiaceae, Marantaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, Smilacaceae e Tectariaceae). Five rust species occurred on members of the family Annonaceae, and two species on Bignoniaceae; an identification key was created for the Pucciniales fungi found on these two families. Descriptions, geographical distributions, taxonomic comments, and illustrations for the new records for Brazil and for the Amazon are provided.
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Indução, análises morfológicas e ultraestruturais de calos de maracujazeiro nativo
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-08) CARVALHO, Milene Alves de Figueiredo; PAIVA, Renato; HERRERA, Raírys Cravo; ALVES, Eduardo; CASTRO, Evaristo Mauro de; PAIVA, Patrícia Duarte de Oliveira; VARGAS, Daiane Peixoto
Analysis of calluses with embryogenic characteristics is important for subsequent in vitro regeneration of species with desirable agronomic traits such as the Passiflora gibertii native passion fruit. In this context, the present study aimed to analyze the induction of calluses from leaf explants of Passiflora gibertii N. E. Brown, as well as their morphologic and ultra-structural characterization. Cotyledonary leaves were inoculated in culture medium containing 2,4-D and picloram in association with kinetin. After 30 days of cultivation in the dark, the obtained calluses were prepared for the visualization in electron microscope (transmission and scanning) and light microscope. The results allowed to infer that the addition of picloram and kinetin to the culture medium promotes higher callus formation in cotyledonary leaf explants of P. gibertii than 2,4-D and kinetin. The growth regulator 2,4-D provides the formation of calluses with small isodiametric cells and small intercellular spaces, an organized cellular system and the predominance of round shaped mitochondria. Predominance of large and elongated cells with intercellular spaces, a non-organized cellular system and predominance of elongated mitochondria was observed when picloram was used.
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Tabus alimentares em medicina: uma hipótese para fisiopatologia referente aos alimentos remosos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-06) BRITO JUNIOR, Lacy Cardoso de; ESTACIO, Adriana Guimarães
Introduction: Human eating habits in the Amazon, especially in riparian communities, include a series of dietary restrictions (taboos) resulting, in part, from the cultural miscegenation (Native Brazilians, Africans, and Portuguese settlers) that occurred during the formation of this population.1 Among these food taboos, the most important refers to foods considered “remosos” (harmful), an adjective attributable to foods that have “reima”, i.e., that affect the blood and cause itching.2 In the popular Amazon vocabulary, “remosos” foods are heavy foods derived from pork; seafood such as crab, shrimp, scaleless fish; and cascudos, such as the tamuata; birds such as ducks; and some wild animals such as lowland pacas and capybaras. These foods should not be eaten by people at risk, for example, postoperative patients and people with infections, inflammations, or injuries, because of the risk of increasing tissue damage, creating pus, and exacerbating the inflammatory process.3,4 This recommendation, although not fully accepted by local physicians, is frequently made by some local doctors to postoperative patients. However, there are very few studies evidencing the pathophysiology of the effect of these foods on healing and inflammatory processes. Thus, the objective of this study was to promote a short review about the topic of foods considered “remoso” and to propose a theoretical hypothesis for this phenomenon based on fundamentals of immunology and of the Amazon ecosystem in order to scientifically help physicians to understand this phenomenon and treat patients from these regions.
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A new Amazonian species from the Drosophila annulimana species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-12) GOTTSCHALK, Marco Silva; MARTINS, Marlucia Bonifacio; PRAXEDES, Catarina de Lurdes Bezerra; MEDEIROS, Hermes Fonseca de
Drosophila caxiuana sp. nov., Drosophila subgenus, is described and illustrated. This new species was collected in the Amazonian Biome (Caquajó river, Portel, Pará, Brazil) and is an atypical species to the group due the unusual morphology of the male terminalia.
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A new species of Scymnobius Casey (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Scymnini) from Pernambuco, Brazil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-12) GIORGI, José Adriano; GONZÁLEZ, Guillermo
A new species of Scymnobius Casey (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Scymnini) from Pernambuco, Brazil. Scymnobius pernambucensis sp. nov. from Pernambuco, Brazil, is described and illustrated. This is the third species of this genus recorded from Brazil.
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Induction and Morpho-Ultrastructural Analysis of Organogenic Calli of a Wild Passionfruit
(2014-12) CARVALHO, Milene Alves de Figueiredo; PAIVA, Renato; STEIN, Vanessa Cristina; HERRERA, Raírys Cravo; PORTO, Jorge Marcelo Padovani; VARGAS, Daiane Peixoto; ALVES, Eduardo
This work studied a new protocol for organogenic calli induction and characterization of the morphology and ultrastructure of callogenesis in leaf explants of Passiflora gibertii N. E. Brown, a native passion fruit species from Brazil. Calli induction was performed in different growth conditions (light and dark), different MS medium salt concentrations (MS and MS half strength) and the presence or absence of coconut water. The leaf explants maintained in the dark were more responsive to bud formation. In order to reduce spending on in vitro culture, the most suitable induction medium for P. gibertii organogenesis could, therefore be the MS half strength salt concentration medium maintained in the dark. The addition of coconut water to the culture medium was essential for both calli induction and bud formation. The morphological and ultrastructural features of the organogenic calli were isodiametric cells, characterized by an organized cellular system, nucleus with prominent nucleoli, presence of starch grains and dense cytoplasm rich in endoplasmic reticulum. The scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that buds were present on these calli.
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Planting coconuts in Indian villages: ethnoecological aspects and evaluation of a "sustainable development" project
(2010-03) SALM, Rodolfo Aureliano; FEDER, Lisa; JALLES FILHO, Euphly; JARDIM, Mário Augusto Gonçalves
Although scientists and policy makers embrace the general concept "sustainable development", there are few who agree on how to carry out sustainable development in specific situations. As such, sustainable development projects among ethnoscientists are widely critiqued as to how well they are inter-culturally formulated. Here we report on a controversial case of planting coconuts in Kayapó Indian villages of southern Pará, Brazil and offer our own self-critique. We began under the premise that reforestation and Kayapó general health/nutrition go hand in hand. Therefore, the flourishing of coconut culture will contribute to forest conservation in the long run, in itself, and simultaneously, maintain good nutrition for the Kayapó people who protect the forest from the threat of non-sustainable practices. We take an ethnoecological approach in discovering how Kayapó behavior affects the growth and flourishing of coconut culture when fostered with external supply. We present the results of two field trips to the Kayapó indigenous territory, where we found socio-ecological factors relevant to the success of our project supporting the culture of coconuts in indigenous villages. First, in November 2007, we visited Kikretum, Moikarakô and Aukre villages (among 10 villages which received coconut seedlings from our support program) to deliver a second shipment of coconut seedlings (the first shipment to these villages took place in April 2006) and quantitatively described one aspect of coconut seed-disperser's (the Kayapó's) behavior. We looked specifically at how the pre-existing coconuts palms were distributed among the Indian families, how they distributed last year's shipment, and how that shipment survived due to ethnoecological factors. Second, in July 2008 we visited Kokraimoro and Pykararankre villages and estimated the position of the previously existing and newly planted coconut palms in relation to other cultivated trees by making use of censuses departing from the village center to their outside limits. In the three Indian villages we visited in 2007, virtually all pre-existing coconut trees belonged to a select few families, and the coconut fruit distribution was, in most cases, highly concentrated among these family members. However, assuming that all the coconut saplings that survived the first year will reach maturity (from the first shipment in April 2006), they represent a remarkable increase in the projected number of adult coconut palms in the three visited villages (48, 195 and 101% in Kikretum, Moikarakô and Aukre, respectively), and a substantial reduction in the inequality in access to coconuts. In the 2008 field trip, we found that the Indians usually plant coconuts very close to their houses where competition with other cultivated trees may hinder the palms development.
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Abundância e diversidade de palmeiras no Distrito Florestal Sustentável da rodovia BR-163, Pará, Brasil
(2011-09) SALM, Rodolfo Aureliano; JARDIM, Mário Augusto Gonçalves; ALBERNAZ, Ana Luisa Kerti Mangabeira
The abundance and diversity of palm species, as well as its relationship with forest structure were investigated in two study areas in the Sustainable Forest District of the BR-163 road. As such, forty parcels of 0.04 ha (20 × 20 m) were established in a pristine forest in the Amazonia National Park, and another forty parcels in a area submitted to timber logging in the Tapajos National Forest. In each parcel, all the trees with DBH ≥ 10 cm were measured and the adult palms were identified and counted. We verified that although the exploited forest of the Tapajos National Forest is structurally more open than the forest in the national park, it still has a quantity and diversity of palms inferior to the national park, probably due to the dispersal limitation of palms and the relatively recent logging activities. We concluded that exploitation potential of palms in native forests of the region is extremely limited by the natural scarcity of palms in native forests of economic potential, but could be amplified with the deliberate planting of useful species, with benefits for the natural dynamics of the forest.
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Recurso polínico coletado por abelhas sem ferrão (Apidae, Meliponinae) em um fragmento de floresta na região de Manaus - Amazonas
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2009-09) OLIVEIRA, Francisco Plácido Magalhães; ABSY, Maria Lúcia; MIRANDA, Izildinha Souza
The objective of this study was to characterize the resources used by Amazonian bees Melipona seminigra merrillae, Melipona fulva, Trigona fulviventris and CephaloTrigona femorata, in an urban Forest patch at Manaus city from March to October 2001. The pollen analysis determined 90 pollen types, distributed in 31 families, 67 genera and 10 palynologycal types unidentified. Trigona fulviventris was the bee species that presented the most diversified pollen types, using 58 sources in that period. The size of pollen types used were distributed as follows: T. fulviventris (58), M.s. merrilae (41), C. femorata (34) and M. fulva (25). Plant species contributing the most for the diet of the bees and presenting the highest frequencies on the pollen samples were Miconia myriantha (12,91%), Leucaena leucocephalla (9,52%), Tapirira guianensis (6,53%), Eugenia stipitata (6,22%), Protium heptaphyllum (6,17%) and Vismia guianensis (5,93%). Generally the bees concentrated their collections on a reduced number of plant species and with a differentiated degree of use for each source. Pollen types with frequency above 10% occurred in a small proportion for most months, being responsible for more than 50% of all the pollen collected every month. Pollen source used varied according to the species, T. fulviventris had a more broad and diversified diet, whereas M. fulva was the bees species that least diversified its diet. T. fulviventris presented higher uniformity on the use of pollen sources and the pollen niches overlap was higher between M.s. merrillae and M. fulva and lower between T. fulviventris and C. femorata.
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Diversidade de Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) em área alterada em Altamira, Amazônia Oriental, Pará, Brasil
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2010) TESTON, José Augusto; DELFINA, Márcia Cristina
This work evaluates the Arctiinae fauna in Altamira, Pará, in an area with strong human pressure, using light-traps during two nights at each stage of the new moon each month, from December 2007 to November 2008. The evaluation parameters were: richness, abundance, constancy, diversity index and evenness (Shannon H ‘and E’) and Brillouin (H and E), dominance of Berger-Parker (BP). The richness estimatives were made by means of non-parametric procedures, Bootstrap, Chao 1, Chao 2, Jackknife 1, Jackknife 2 and Michaelis-Mentem. We captured 420 specimens belonging to 64 species of Arctiinae, and 19 species recorded for the first time in the state of Pará. The values of the parameters analyzed for the total period were: H ‘= 4.69; E’ = 0.781; H = 4.37; E = 0.732 and BP = 0.183. During the less rainy season (June-November) we found the most significant values for all parameters. In the rain season (December to May) we found the most significant percentage of similarity. Richness estimators predicted the gathering of more than 18.7% to 60.9% of species.
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Palm community transitions along a topographic gradient from floodplain to terra firme in the eastern Amazon
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2015-03) SALM, Rodolfo Aureliano; PRATES, Anderson Sousa; SIMÕES, Nadson Ressyé; FEDER, Lisa
Palms show clear niche segregation patterns along topographic gradients in tropical forests, with some species associated to terra firme and others to seasonally flooded areas. The aim of this study was to quantitatively describe the fine-scale spatial variation within a palm community, tracking the changes in species' abundance along environmental gradients associated with a perennial stream the eastern Amazon. The study of palm communities was based on 60 forest plots in which all adult palms were counted. We found a total of 566 palms in a community containing 11 species. Furthermore, we found a significant separation in the palm community between seasonally-flooded and terra firme forests. We found a gradient with various densities of the three most abundant palm species within the first 100 m away from the flooded area. Other species were located exclusively in the terra firme forest. The abundance of the six most common species were distributed in relation to humidity gradients from floodplains to terra firme, with palm distribution from the most flood-tolerant to the least flood-tolerant palm species as follows: Euterpe oleracea, Attalea phalerata and Socratea exorrhiza (species with floodplain affinity), Astrocaryum gynacanthum, Astrocaryum aculeatum, Attalea maripa (species with terra firme affinity).
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Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) ocorrentes em uma área de pastagem na Amazônia Oriental em Altamira, Pará, Brasil
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2013-03) DELFINA, Márcia Cristina; TESTON, José Augusto
This study evaluated the Arctiinae fauna of a pasture area in Altamira, Pará, eastern Amazon, using light traps. The moths were captured at every new moon phase, two nights per phase, from December 2008 to November 2010. We evaluated the following parameters: richness, abundance, dominance, constancy, diversity indexes and evenness (Shannon H' and E'; Brillouin H and E), and Berger-Parker dominance (BP). Richness estimates were made by nonparametric procedures: Bootstrap, Chao1, Chao2, Jackknife1, Jackknife2 and Michaelis-Mentem. We captured a total of 910 specimens belonging to 85 species of Arctiinae. Values of parameters for the total period were: H' = 2.58, E' = 0.581, H = 2.45, E = 0.576 and BP = 0.433. Both richness and abundance were higher in 2009-2010, while diversity and Shannon and Brillouin evenness were higher for the year 2008-2009. Estimators predicted an increase between 18.8% to 85.9% in species richness.
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Efeito de meios de cultura, concentrações de GA3 e pH sobre a germinação in vitro de mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa Gomes)
(2009) SOARES, Fernanda Pereira; PAIVA, Renato; STEIN, Vanessa Cristina; NERY, Fernanda Carlota; HERRERA, Raírys Cravo; OLIVEIRA, Lenaldo Muniz de
The Hancornia speciosa Gomes species presents potential for fruit and rubber production. Propagation is difficult primarily due, to a reduced seed germination and occurrence of recalcitrant seeds that stimulate the search of rapid and efficient propagation alternatives. In this context, the aim of this work was to study in vitro seed germination conditions in order to produce explants to be used on in vitro culture. The effect of different culture media, sucrose and GA3 concentrations and three pH levels were evaluated. Seeds were extracted from mature fruits after being harvested and processed. Higher in vitro germination was obtained using WPM and MS/2 media supplemented with 15.0 g L-1, 0.2 mg L-1 GA3 and pH adjusted to 5.8.
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Efeito da escarificação e luminosidade na germinação in vitro de sementes de cagaiteira (Eugenia dysenterica DC.)
(2007-12) MARTINOTTO, Cristiano; PAIVA, Renato; SANTOS, Breno Régis; SOARES, Fernanda Pereira; HERRERA, Raírys Cravo; SILVA, Álvaro Augusto Naves
Cagaiteira is a native specie of brazilian cerrado with high yield. Because it seeds show high variability, it is yet considered recalcitrant and dormant, the germination in vitro appears as an alternative for specie propagation, in addition to obtain juvenile explant for micropropagation. The present research aimed to evaluate the effect of scarification and ligth on germination in vitro of cagaiteira seeds. Seeds without teguments and intact seeds were inoculated in MS medium and kept in abscence and presence of radiation. Seeds without tegument germinated in the presence or abscence of ligth showed 86.25% and 88.25% germination at 31 and 71 days of inoculation, respectively. After 150 days of inoculation, plantlets from seeds without tegument germinated in the presence and abscence of ligth, showed 10% and 12% of abnormalities, respectively.
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Abundância, composição e diversidade de Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) em um fragmento de floresta na Amazônia Oriental em Altamira, PA, Brasil
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2012-03) TESTON, José Augusto; NOVAES, Jessé Bucioli; ALMEIDA JÚNIOR, José Otávio Barros
This study evaluated the Arctiinae fauna in a fragment of primary forest in Altamira, Pará, Eastern Amazonia, Brazil. The moths were sampled during two years (from August 2007 to July 2009) with a light trap. The following parameters were measured: richness, abundance, constancy, diversity and evenness indices (Shannon H ‘and E') and Brillouin (H and E), and dominance index of Berger-Parker (BP). The richness estimatives were made by nonparametric procedures, Bootstrap, Chao 1, Chao 2, Jackknife 1, Jackknife2 and Michaelis-Mentem. Four hundred and sixty-six individuals of 78 species of Arctiinae were captured, of which twelve are new records for Pará State. Values of parameters analyzed for the entire period were: H ‘= 3.08, E' = 0.708, H = 2.86, E = 0.705, and Sp = 0.294. Communities of the less rainy months were more diverse. Estimators predicted an increase between 17 to 253 in species richness.
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Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) coletados em unidades de conservação estaduais do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
(2006-06) TESTON, José Augusto; SPECHT, Alexandre; DI MARE, Rocco Alfredo; CORSEUIL, Elio
Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) collected in protected unities in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The objective of this work was to analyze the composition of the Arctiinae communities at Parque Estadual do Espigão Alto (Barracão), Parque Estadual de Rondinha (Sarandí), Parque Estadual do Turvo (Derrubadas) and at Reserva Biológica de Ibirapuitã (Alegrete). Ten light traps were used to collect the lepidopterous from November/2000 to February/2001, sampling one nigth per area. The lepidopterous were identified at subfamily and tribe levels and, when it was possible, at genera and species levels. A total 5,969 Arctiinae belonging to 137 morpho species, distributed in 6 tribes were collected.
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Composição de espécies de Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) no sul do Brasil: relação entre tipos de vegetação e entre a configuração espacial do hábitat
(2009-06) FERRO, Viviane Gianluppi; TESTON, José Augusto
We describe the beta-diversity pattern of the Arctiidae in Rio Grande do Sul State (RS) and assess whether this pattern is related to similarities in vegetation type or geographic distance among areas. We analysed 9420 specimens in 13 scientific collections, as well as two published checklists. Three hundred twenty nine arctiid species were recorded for 55 localities. This richness corresponded to 5.6% of the Neotropical fauna, and 16.5% of the estimated Brazilian fauna. Fifty two species (15.8%) were recorded for the first time in the state. There was no relationship between beta-diversity (Sorensen distance) and geographic distance among the localities, suggesting that the spatial configuration of the habitat did not influence significantly the locomotion of the Arctiidae moths among landscapes. The multivariate analysis suggested that the Arctiidae fauna differ among vegetation types. The composition of the fauna at the Floresta Ombrófila Mista (Araucaria forest) is very distinct from other vegetation type faunas. Species richness was higher on forest habitats than in open habitats.

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