Habitat structural effect on squamata fauna of the restinga ecosystem in northeastern Brazil.

In this work, we surveyed data on richness and composition of squamatan reptiles and habitat structural effect in nine areas of restinga ecosystem in the State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. The "restinga" ecosystems are coastal sand dune habitats on the coast of Brazil. Our main hypothesis is that the Squamata fauna composition along these restinga areas would be modulated by habitat structural. After 90 days of field sampling we recorded approximately 5% of reptile species known in Brazil. The composition of Squamata assemblages varied mainly based on the presence or absence of lizards of the genera Ameivula and Tropidurus. Our data showed that habitat structure consistently affected the composition of local Squamata fauna, especially lizards.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/0001-3765201420130006PMID 24676173
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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