Volume de água armazenado no tanque de bromélias, em restingas da costa brasileira

Abstract

Acta bot. bras. 24(1): 84-95. 2010.

Journal of coastal conservation: a review on the anurofauna of Brazil’s sandy coastal plains. How much do we know about it?

“…Although it was not possible to find a pattern of habitat use by anurans in literature, bromeliads can be considered an important site to which amphibian species tend to be associated. In environments with little free water available and high temperatures, such as "restinga", bromeliads have a fundamental role in water storage (Cogliatti-Carvalho et al 2010;Silva et al 2011). Currently, we can find 18 species associated with bromeliads at some stage in their life cycle in restingas (Table 1).…”

“…The bromeliad species most commonly used by anuran was Aechmea blanchetiana, a common large ground bromeliad found in restinga areas. The hypothesis most frequently adopted to explain the difference in use of bromeliads by amphibians is the ability of individuals to use those plants which present better characteristics in terms of the structural architecture of the plant Teixeira 2001, Silva et al 2011) such as leaf number, shape, size of bromeliad (Oliveira and Rocha 1997a, b) or reserve capacity of water (Cogliatti-Carvalho et al 2010). Thus, amphibians should select different features in bromeliad species that are more favourable and complementary to their needs, so that the set of morphological and physiological characteristics must interact to determine the association degree between anuran and bromeliad in the restinga (Eterovick 1999;Silva et al 2011).…”

Frog assemblage associated with bromeliads in a sandy coastal plain in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

“…In this way, the bromeliads of the genus Aechmea seem to be the most important plants for the local frog assemblage. Aechmea blanchetiana has more leaves and harbored a higher abundance of frogs whereas Aechmea nudicaulis has a deep and wide central tank and harbored a higher diversity of bromeliad frogs (Cogliatti-Carvalho et al, 2010). This study shows the conservation importance of bromeliads for the maintenance of frog assemblages in sandy coastal plains.…”

Survey of endophytic Alternaria species isolated from plants in the Brazilian restinga biome

“…The species of plants along restinga differ in terms of abundance, richness and dominance, and these differences can be translated in habitat types in this environment [10]. The most preserved restinga is Jurubatiba, followed by Açu (represented by NPPR Caruara), Grussaí and Gargaú, respectively, the latter being in an advanced state of anthropic degradation.…”