Compensatory dynamics on the community structure of fruit-feeding butterflies across hyper-fragmented Atlantic forest habitats

Filgueiras, Bruno K. C.; Melo, Douglas Henrique Alves; Uehara‐Prado, Márcio; Freitas, André Victor Lucci; Leal, Inara R.; Tabarelli, Marcelo

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.005

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“…On the contrary, species such as Celaenorrhinus eligius punctiger (Burmeister, 1878) may indicate habitat quality because both larvae and adults feed on typical understory food resources (De Jong, 1982;Brown, 1992). Although our results pointed to a relevant number of interior forest indicators, we believe it is possible that several forest specialists are no longer present in the region due to their sensitiveness to disturbances (Hill et al, 2001;Cleary & Genner, 2004, Filgueiras et al, 2019. This hypothesis would also explain the lower number of species found in forest interiors when compared to forest edges.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…Nevertheless, it is important to highlight that butterfly species richness is not always a good descriptor of habitat quality (Shuey et al, 2017). Instead, species composition has shown to be more sensitive measurement to detect differences between habitat types (Uehara-Prado et al, 2007;Truxa & Fiedler, 2012;Filgueiras et al, 2019). Although we could not find a significant difference in the species composition between different types of edges, (despite of their difference in species richness), the differences between forest interior and edges are remarkable.…”

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Use of microhabitats affects butterfly assemblages in a rural landscape

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Landscapes composed of small rural properties may support highly heterogeneous habitat, because they often cover distinct types of land uses adjacent to surrounding forest fragments. Many butterfly species may benefit from this kind of landscape, as very distinct microhabitats can be found in a very restricted spatial scale. To better understand how different microhabitats are related to fragmentation in rural landscapes the present study collected the butterfly fauna in 18 sampling point sites, representing distinct types of forest edges and forest interiors. Although closely located, these sites showed no spatial autocorrelation. Instead, a major distinction in species richness and composition was found among forest interior and edge habitats while no significant difference was found in species composition among distinct edge types. Therefore, the high segregation of butterfly assemblages found in a very restricted geographic scale suggests the presence of two different groups of butterflies that respond independently to forest fragmentation, the forest interior assemblages and forest edge assemblages. This distinction of butterfly assemblages related to forest interior and forest edges were already reported, but our results highlights that these differences are found mostly due to species turnover between those habitats. In other words, both microhabitat types present a high number of specialized species compared to a smaller fraction of generalist species that may occurs in both microhabitats. In the case of Atlantic Forest, the species of special conservation concern are those true specialized in forest interior habitats and not those specialized in forest edges, thus the present study corroborates the importance of sampling different microhabitats when studying fragmentation processes, both inside and outside of fragments. Although forest edges may present different kinds of habitat types, species present along border tend to be as heterogeneous as species present in different locations inside the forest. This information should be considered in sampling designs of biodiversity essays that focus on a more consistent representation of local diversity.

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Use of microhabitats affects butterfly assemblages in a rural landscape

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“…Habitat change may lead to generalist species replacing specialist species (i.e. biotic homogenization), with consequences for ecosystem functioning (Clavel, Julliard, & Devictor, ; Filgueiras et al, ; Olden, Poff, Douglas, Douglas, & Fausch, ). According to the “insurance hypothesis”, a higher diversity of functional groups provides greater stability and resilience of ecological processes, thus buffering ecosystem functioning against environmental changes (Tscharntke et al, ; Yachi & Loreau, ).…”

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Effects of landscape modification on species richness patterns of fruit‐feeding butterflies in Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Santos

Sobral‐Souza

Brown

et al. 2019

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Aim:To assess the distributional patterns of fruit-feeding butterfly species richness in Atlantic Forest (AF) based on stack species distribution models (SSDM); to evaluate the relative contribution of climate and landscape in the patterns of butterfly species richness; and to recommend conservation guidelines for AF regions based on the obtained results.Location: Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Methods:We used SSDMs to generate potential distribution maps of butterfly species richness in AF. Our dataset comprises 7,062 records of 279 species, distributed across 122 local communities. We built richness maps based on climate and landscape models and analysed them separately to understand their contribution to the pattern of richness distribution. Then, we combined both models to build a consensus map. Finally, we designed specific conservation strategies based on richness categories distributed on the consensus map. Results:The regions with high-predicted species richness for both climate and landscape models supported the main endemism locations described for other AF taxa in previous studies. Both models predicted intermediate values of species richness for most regions, but the patterns of richness distribution were not fully congruent.High species richness based on landscape metrics was frequently concentrated in the south. Furthermore, locations suitable for high species richness according to climate are near to the endemism centres, but also to dense urban centres, highlighting the potential impacts of the landscape modification on butterfly species richness.Main conclusions: The distribution of fruit-feeding butterfly species richness and endemism reflect the classic division of AF in different sub-regions according to the endemism centres proposed by previous authors for other taxa. The availability of forested habitats seems to be a determining factor for the maintenance of high species richness in AF. Therefore, the loss of natural forest remnants due to landscape modification is the primary threat to butterfly diversity. | 197SANTOS eT Al.

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“…This research was conducted experimentally using 60 traps baited with cylindrical gauze (80 cm high and 35 cm diameter) with a gap of ± 4 cm at the bottom where butterflies enter. Two types of bait were used, bananas and ripe pineapples [16]. Experiments were carried out at different stratification, at the understorey level (± 1-2 m), midstorey level (± 5-6 m), and overstorey level (± 10-11 m) above the ground.…”

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Preferences of fruit-feeding butterfly on bait trap in Soraya Research Station, Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia

Salma

Siregar²,

Rizki³

et al. 2021

J. Nat.

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Butterflies are insects that live cosmopolitan. Some butterflies in tropical forests look for food sources from sucking the juice of ripe fruits that have fallen on the forest floor. Fruit-feeding butterflies can adapt in finding food sources, selecting and sucking food effectively. Fruit contains varying concentrations of sugar and nitrogen. The existence of fruit-feeding butterflies in tropical rain forests is influenced by the availability and quality of food sources as well as other supporting factors such as temperature, humidity, and light intensity. The purpose of this study was to identify fruit-feeding butterflies and their preferences for banana and pineapple baits in the Soraya Research Station Area, Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia from September to November 2020. Six forest trail locations were selected as trap locations. A total of 360 cylindrical gauze baited traps (80 cm high and 35 cm diameter) were installed on six trails/line transects. Baited traps were set at three different heights, that is at the understorey level (± 0-2 m), midstorey level (± 5-6 m), and overstorey level (± 10-11 m) with a distance of ± 5-10 m. The distance between location points is ± 250 m. The fruit baits used in this trap were ripe bananas and pineapples. The results obtained were 37 species with 176 individuals trapped on banana bait and 50 species with 183 individuals on pineapple bait. However, the results of the t-test using the Man-Whitney test showed no significant difference between the banana and pineapple bait used.

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Compensatory dynamics on the community structure of fruit-feeding butterflies across hyper-fragmented Atlantic forest habitats

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Use of microhabitats affects butterfly assemblages in a rural landscape

Use of microhabitats affects butterfly assemblages in a rural landscape

Effects of landscape modification on species richness patterns of fruit‐feeding butterflies in Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Preferences of fruit-feeding butterfly on bait trap in Soraya Research Station, Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia

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