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2001
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0095:poaofs]2.0.co;2
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Patterns of Abundance of Four Species of Wandering Spiders (Ctenidae, Ctenus) in a Forest in Central Amazonia

Abstract: We studied spatial and temporal patterns of abundance of Ctenus amphora, C. crulsi, C. manauara and C. villasboasi, four syntopic species of medium-to-large sized wandering spiders that forage on the ground in a neotropical rainforest. We found temporal variation, apparently seasonal, in abundance for two of the four species. The four species are sympatric in the study area, but with very distinct spatial patterns of abundance. Ctenus amphora was more abundant in areas with sandy soil but are also common on cl… Show more

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“…Os pontos mais intensamente amostrados até o momento, na Amazônia Central, foram a Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke (HÖFER, 1990(HÖFER, , 1997VIEIRA & HÖFER, 1994GASNIER et al, 1995;HÖFER et al, 1996;GASNIER & HÖFER, 2001;HÖFER & BRESCOVIT, 2001;ADIS et al, 2002); a Estação Ecológica da Ilha de Maracá (LISE, 1998) e a Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Mamirauá (BORGES & BRESCOVIT, 1996). Na Amazônia oriental, a única lista faunística recente de Araneae é a de MARTINS & LISE (1997), que trabalharam na Estação Científica Ferreira Penna (ECFP), Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Melgaço, Pará.…”
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“…Os pontos mais intensamente amostrados até o momento, na Amazônia Central, foram a Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke (HÖFER, 1990(HÖFER, , 1997VIEIRA & HÖFER, 1994GASNIER et al, 1995;HÖFER et al, 1996;GASNIER & HÖFER, 2001;HÖFER & BRESCOVIT, 2001;ADIS et al, 2002); a Estação Ecológica da Ilha de Maracá (LISE, 1998) e a Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Mamirauá (BORGES & BRESCOVIT, 1996). Na Amazônia oriental, a única lista faunística recente de Araneae é a de MARTINS & LISE (1997), que trabalharam na Estação Científica Ferreira Penna (ECFP), Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Melgaço, Pará.…”
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“…Studies on the influence of rainfall on the "activity-densities" of spiders have been usually on long term temporal scale, weeks, months, rainy season versus dry season, and have made inferences on the effects of rainfall in the temporal variation of the abundance and mortality of the spiders, on the seasonality of resources or risks, and in the life cycle (e.g., Barth, Seyfarth, Bleckmann, & Schüch, 1988;Wise, 1993;Gasnier, Höfer, & Brescovit, 1995;Spiller & Schoener, 1995;Gasnier & Höfer, 2001;Romero & Vasconcellos-Neto, 2003;Lensing, Todd, & Wise, 2005;Carvalho et al, 2015). As "activity-densities" are numbers of spiders obtained by censuses or traps, a variation in the short term in these numbers in a determinate area is more likely to indicate changes in behavior than in density (Gasnier et al, 1995).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the Neotropical and African forests, the Ctenidae family has several medium to large species that are among the major nocturnal predators of arthropod fauna, and small vertebrates in the understory (e.g., Gasnier & Höfer, 2001;Jocqué, Samu, & Bird, 2005;Rego, Venticinque, & Brescovit, 2005). Despite their abundance, the habitat complexity makes difficult the study of some species in the natural environment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Aranhas errantes da família Ctenidae, e o gênero Ctenus em particular, devido à sua abundância, têm recebido crescente interesse como bioindicadores de qualidade ambiental e como modelos para estudos de fatores que afetam a abundância de invertebrados predadores em florestas tropicais na África e na América do Sul (Gasnier, 1996;Almeida et al, 2000;Gasnier & Höfer, 2001;Salvestrini & Gasnier, 2001;FollyRamos et al, 2002;Gasnier et al, 2002;Jocqué et al, 2005;Rego et al, 2005, Gasnier et al, no prelo). Rego et al (2005) encontraram evidências que a fragmentação florestal reduz as populações de aranhas do gênero Ctenus na Amazônia Central.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Rego et al (2005) encontraram evidências que a fragmentação florestal reduz as populações de aranhas do gênero Ctenus na Amazônia Central. As espécies Ctenus amphora (Mello-Leitão, 1930), C. crulsi (Mello-Leitão, 1930), C. manauara e C. villasboasi (Mello-Leitão, 1949) coexistem na serapilheira do chão na floresta de terra firme da Amazônia Central, mas suas abundâncias absolutas e relativas variam bastante dentro e entre diferentes habitats da floresta (Gasnier & Höfer, 2001), portanto, o efeito da fragmentação poderia diferir entre as espécies em função de diferenças ecológicas que existem entre elas.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified