The presence of Abronia oaxacae (Squamata: Anguidae) in tank bromeliads in temperate forests of Oaxaca, Mexico

Gi, Cruz-Ruiz; Mondragón, Demetria; Santos‐Moreno, Antonio

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842012000200015

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“…In addition, we consider this species as a facultative bromelicolous lizard and that the use of bromeliads for egg-laying is opportunistic because this species has been recorded nesting in other types of microhabitats (Sexton and Turner 1971;Serrano-Cardozo et al 2007;Jablonski 2015). Other lizards also use bromeliads as nesting sites such as P. pollicaris (Ávila and Cunha-Avellar 2005) and G. humeralis (Maciel et al 2005), while others, for instance members of the genus Abronia, apparently live most of their lives amongst epiphytes (Cruz-Ruiz et al 2012). As these lizards that have been reported nesting in bromeliads also use other types of microhabitats for that same purpose (e.g.…”

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A case of communal egg-laying of Gonatodes albogularis (Sauria, Sphaerodactylidae) in bromeliads (Poales, Bromeliaceae)

Carvajal-Ocampo¹,

Ángel‐Vallejo²,

Gutiérrez-Cárdenas³

et al. 2019

Herpetozoa

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A case of communal egg-laying of Gonatodes albogularis (Sauria, Sphaerodactylidae) in bromeliads (Poales, Bromeliaceae)

Carvajal-Ocampo¹,

Ángel‐Vallejo²,

Gutiérrez-Cárdenas³

et al. 2019

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“…, Cruz‐Ruiz et al. , McCracken and Forstner ). Considering that larvae of damselfly and tabanids are the larger, apex predators in bromeliad aquatic systems (Marino et al.…”

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Terrestrial vertebrate predators drive the structure and functioning of aquatic food webs

Breviglieri

Romero

2017

Ecology

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Predators that forage at boundaries between ecosystems can affect prey from adjacent ecosystems, thereby triggering consumptive and non-consumptive cascading effects, which may affect diversity and food web structure across ecosystems. In the present study, we manipulated the access of insectivorous birds, lizards, and anurans to tank bromeliads in scrub vegetation in southern Brazil. We measured cascading effects on the community structure of aquatic invertebrates inhabiting bromeliad leaves and on the ecosystem processes of decomposition rate and bromeliad growth. The exclusion of terrestrial vertebrate predators increased the biomass of Odonate and Tabanid apex predators, which shifted the body size structure of the assemblage and generated inverted biomass pyramids that were top-heavy. Within bromeliads with larger aquatic predators, the species composition and abundance of other aquatic invertebrates also changed, resulting in higher abundance of mesopredators and scrapers, and lower abundance of shredders. Under those conditions, the detritus decomposition rate decreased, and bromeliads produced more leaves, perhaps because of the higher deposition of nitrogenous waste by mesopredators. Our results highlight that the effects of terrestrial vertebrate predators can propagate across aquatic ecosystems, altering species composition, body size structure, food web organization, and ecosystem function.

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“…To date, studies on the fauna associated to bro-meliads were focused on phytotelmata species of Bromelioidae and Tillandsioideae (e.g. Picado 1913, Laessle 1961, Frank 1983, Richardson 1999, Cruz-Ruiz et al 2012, McCracken and Forstner 2014, while studies with non-phytotelmata Pitcairnioideae bromeliads are still scarce (e.g. Jorge et al 2018).…”

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Living among thorns: herpetofaunal community (Anura and Squamata) associated to the rupicolous bromeliad Encholirium spectabile (Pitcairnioideae) in the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga

Jorge¹,

Sales²,

Santos³

et al. 2020

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Bromeliads are important habitats for reptiles and amphibians, and are constantly used as shelter, refuge, foraging or thermoregulation sites due to their foliar architecture, which allows for constant maintenance of humidity and temperature. This study aimed to identify the herpetofauna inhabiting the non-phytotelmata rupicolous bromeliad Encholirium spectabile Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. and to analyze the microhabitat usage of these bromeliads by different species in the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. From January 2011 to August 2012, we collected data by active search throughout three paralel transects in a rock outcrop in the municipality of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Norte. We recorded four species of anuran amphibians, six lizards, and seven snakes in the bromeliads. The average air temperature was lower and air humidity higher inside than outside the bromeliads, and bromeliads at the rock outcrop borders had lower temperatures and higher humidity than those at the center. We found a significant difference in the distribution of individuals throughout the rock outcrop, with most specimens found at the borders. We also found significant differences regarding the use of each microhabitat by the taxonomic groups, with lizards and snakes using green leaves and dry leaves evenly, along with fewer records in inflorescence stems, and anurans mainly using green leaves, with few records on dry leaves, and no records in the inflorescence stems. This study highlights rupicolous bromeliads as key elements in the conservation and maintenance of amphibians and reptiles in the rock outcrops of Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga.

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The presence of Abronia oaxacae (Squamata: Anguidae) in tank bromeliads in temperate forests of Oaxaca, Mexico

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

A case of communal egg-laying of Gonatodes albogularis (Sauria, Sphaerodactylidae) in bromeliads (Poales, Bromeliaceae)

A case of communal egg-laying of Gonatodes albogularis (Sauria, Sphaerodactylidae) in bromeliads (Poales, Bromeliaceae)

Terrestrial vertebrate predators drive the structure and functioning of aquatic food webs

Living among thorns: herpetofaunal community (Anura and Squamata) associated to the rupicolous bromeliad Encholirium spectabile (Pitcairnioideae) in the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga

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