First record of myrmecochorous diaspores removal by dung beetles in the Caatinga vegetation,a Brazilian semiarid ecosystem |
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| Institution: | 1. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Taxonomia e Ecologia de Insetos, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-420 Recife, PE, Brazil;2. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-420 Recife, PE, Brazil;3. Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Campus de Ciências Agrárias, Centro de Referência para Recuperação de Áreas Degradadas, BR 407, Km 12, Lote 543, S/N C1, Projeto de Irrigação Senador Nilo Coelho, 56300-000 Petrolina, PE, Brazil;4. Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Cidade Universitária, Campus I, 58059-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil;5. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-420 Recife, PE, Brazil;1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand;2. Systemic Conservation Biology, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology & Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Berliner Str. 28, 37073 Göttingen, Germany;3. Department of Ecology, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand;4. Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205-5798, United States;5. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, Underwood Ave, Floreat, WA 6014, Australia;6. School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia;1. University Center Univates, Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution, R. Avelino Tallini, 95900-000 Lajeado, RS, Brazil;2. Federal University of Pará, R. Cel. José Porfírio, 2515, 68371-040 Altamira, PA, Brazil;3. Laboratory of Applied Ecology, CITAB—Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal;1. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NR, UK;2. Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, 77 High Street, Georgetown, Guyana;3. School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;4. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK;1. The Department of Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-7-1, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan;2. Department of Tourism Sciences, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minamiosawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan;3. 116-3, Nishida-cho, Jodoji, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8417, Japan;4. 5-21-6, Toyono-cho, Toyono-gun, Osaka 563-0104, Japan;5. Forestry Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia;1. Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico;2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade (PPGBIO), Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus II, Rodovia PB 079, Areia, Paraíba 58397000, Brazil;3. Red de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, Mexico;4. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego S/N, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco 50670420, Brazil;5. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba 58051900, Brazil;6. Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso 78060900, Brazil;7. CONACYT, Mexico;1. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK;2. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil;3. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Av. Magalhães Barata, 376, Belém, PA 66040-170, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Canthon (Francmonrosia) carbonarius is recognized as coprophagous and this paper describes, for the first time, the interaction between the dung beetle and seeds of Jatropha mollissima, in Pernambuco state, on the Caatinga vegetation. The observed activities were remotion of elaiosome parts, rolling and deposition of the diaspore on the beetle burial site. Interactions between myrmecochorous diaspores and dung beetle may have important ecological implications. These insects may also act as either predators or secondary dispersal agents of myrmecochorous seeds available in the environment. The findings of the present study serve as a starting point for future studies assessing the ecological implications on the use of this new type of resource by dung beetles in the Caatinga vegetation. |
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