| Journal: | Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000433592 |
| ISSN: | 1679-9283 |
| Authors: | Melo-Júnior, João Carlos Ferreira de1 Boeger, Maria Regina Torres2 Isaias, Rosy Mary dos Santos3 Arriola, Igor Abba3 Lorenzi, Luciano1 Mouga, Denise Monique Dubet da Silva1 Vieira, Celso Voos1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade da Regiao de Joinville, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Joinville, Santa Catarina. Brasil 2Universidade Federal do Parana, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil 3Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Volumen: | 41 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The complexity of nutrient distribution patterns in soils is a determinant environmental component of the structure of plant communities. Numerous insect species that interact with plants are associated with these communities, and some of these interactions result in the formation of unusual structures called galls. In this study, we investigated the relationship of galls, soil fertility and plant communities in three vegetation types, herbaceous restinga (HR), shrub restinga (SR) and shrub-tree restinga (STR), in an area of restinga in southern Brazil. We identified 217 species belonging to 159 genera and 82 families. The plant diversity recorded in the STR was 42.8% higher than the diversity in the other vegetation types. Gall richness increased significantly with increased plant richness. The edaphic gradient was correlated with the floristic diversity in the vegetation types. Our data suggest that an increment in soil fertility (organic matter and litter thickness), associated with climatic conditions, should increase the number of plants that can potentially host galls and, consequently, the richness of galling insects. Gall richness may also be influenced by a higher occurrence of woody plants, due to an increase in leaf surface area available in the tree canopy, especially in STR |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Ecología, Vegetación, Suelos, Distribución de nutrientes, Herbivoría, Planta-insecto, Fertilidad del suelo, Riqueza de especies |
| Keyword: | Ecology, Vegetation, Soils, Nutrients distribution, Herbivory, Plant-insect, Soil fertility, Species richness |
| Full text: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/39283/pdf |
