Frugivory by phyllostomid bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a restored area in Southeast Brazil

Abstract

We studied the potential contribution of frugivorous bats to the reestablishment of vegetational diversity in a restored area. We analysed the diets of the bat species and the differences between them in the consumption of fruits of autochtonous and allochthonous species. Planted (autochtonous) species were the basis of diets, especially Solanum mauritianum and Cecropia pachystachya, whereas for allochthonous species we found that Piperaceae to be of particular importance. Carollia perspicillata was the main seed disperser for allochthonous species, and potentially the most important bat in the promotion of vegetation diversity in the study area. Our results suggest that frugivorous bats are especially important in the reestablishment of vegetation in disturbed areas, and that restorarion efforts should focus on the planting of different zoochorous species that would guarantee a high year-round fruit production, thereby facilitating natural plant reestablishment by frugivorous bats in regenerating areas.

Phytosociology and Structural Characterization of Woody Regeneration From a Reforestation With Native Species in Southeastern Brazil

“…The fauna is very important to the forest restoration process, because disperses propagules from remnants and contributes to the natural regeneration (MELO; DURIGAN, 2007;AQUINO;BARBOSA, 2009;SILVEIRA et al, 2011;TREVELIN et al, 2013). The zoochoric species planted on a reforestation in RPPN have been very important in attracting the fauna, which in return contributes to the dispersion of new species on the area.…”

“…Trevelin et al (2013) evaluated the dispersion capacity of the frugivorous bat at the same RPPN, and verified that the young reforestation can be used as feeding and resting habitat for this wildlife. Among 12 species consumed by eight species of bats, based on the study by Silveira et al (2011) in RPPN, seven were present in the wood regenerating species composition: Dendropanax cuneatum, Cecropia pachystachya, Inga vera subsp. affinis, Copaifera langsdorfûi, Maclura tinctoria, Eugenia uniflora and Psidium guajava.…”

“…This RPPN and is currently nine years old. Since implantation, the RPPN has been used on many studies of different parameters of vegetation and local fauna (MANDETTA, 2007;SILVEIRA et al, 2011;BARBOSA, 2013;COLMANETTI et al 2015;TREVELIN et al, 2013).…”

AVALIAÇÃO DA RESTAURAÇÃO PASSIVA DE UMA ÁREA DE MATA ATLÂNTICA APÓS O CORTE RASO DE UMA PLANTAÇÃO DE <i>Cupressus lusitanica </i>MILL

“…The SPC is located in the municipality of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (23° 26' 40" S and 46° 38' 39", 885 m a.s.l.). The mean annual temperature in the SPC region is 18.5º C and the mean annual rainfall is 1.495 mm (SÃO PAULO, 2010). The SPC is a protected area of 7,916 ha covered predominantly by secondary forest which has been recovered since the first half of the XX century (ARZOLLA et al, 2010) and which can be classified as rain forest (IBGE, 2012), the other main subtype of Atlantic forest (OLIVEIRA-FILHO;FONTES, 2000).…”

“…For the majority of the species we obtained the information from the data bank available in São Paulo (2007). For species which were not found in this reference tool, other sources were used (MORELLATO; LEITÃO-FILHO, 1992; GANDOLFI; BEZERRA, 1995;LORENZI, 2000;FORERO;COSTA, 2002;ESTEVES, 2002;KIYAMA;BIANCHINI, 2003;PULITANO;DURIGAN;DIAS, 2004;BERNACCI et al, 2006;CARPANEZZI;CARPANEZZI, 2006;MEDEIROS, 2006;SOUZA et al, 2007;YAMAMOTO;KINOSHITA;BARDELLI;KIRIZAWA;SOUSA, 2008;LEITE;RODRIGUES, 2008;LORENZI, 2009;BORGO, 2010;DAN;BRAGA;NASCIMENTO, 2010;PEREIRA et al, 2010;SILVA, 2010). In consulting these references, we adopted the criterion employed in São Paulo (2007) and treated the earlier secondary functional group as pioneer and the later secondary functional group as non-pioneer.…”