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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-77442017000100279</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v65i1.23526</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Taxones superiores de hormigas como sustitutos de la riqueza de especies, en una cronosecuencia de bosques secundarios, bosque primario y sistemas agroforestales en la Amazonía Oriental, Brasil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ants&#8217; higher taxa as surrogates of species richness in a chronosequence of fallows, old-grown forests and agroforestry systems in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jhonatan Andrés]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Xavier Rousseau]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillaume]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Andrade-Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joudellys]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Charles Delabie]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jacques Hubert]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual do Maranhão  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Luís MA]]></addr-line>
<country>BR</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Maranhão  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Luis MA]]></addr-line>
<country>BR</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itabuna BA]]></addr-line>
<country>BR</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ilhéus BA]]></addr-line>
<country>BR</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>279</fpage>
<lpage>291</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000100279&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000100279&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000100279&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[ResumenLa deforestación es una de las principales causas de pérdida de biodiversidad en todo el mundo. Las hormigas son clave como ingenieras del ecosistema, por lo tanto, la pérdida de la diversidad de hormigas puede indicar la pérdida de funciones cruciales de los ecosistemas. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la riqueza de hormigas del suelo y estimar si los niveles superiores (Subfamilia y Género) pueden ser usados como sustitutos para estimar la riqueza de especies en diferentes estados de sucesión del bosque (bosque primario, bosque secundario y sistema agroforestal) en la Amazonía Oriental. Fueron muestreadas 65 parcelas en el estado de Maranhão y Pará entre 2011 y 2014. El esquema de muestreo siguió el procedimiento de Biología de Suelos Tropicales y Fertilidad (TSBF). Primero caracterizamos los tipos de vegetación de acuerdo con su edad y luego se estimó la riqueza de especies. Para evaluar si los taxones superiores pueden utilizarse como sustitutos utilizamos funciones lineales y exponenciales y correlación de Pearson. En total, se identificaron 180 especies distribuidas en 60 géneros. Los resultados mostraron que la riqueza fue superior en el bosque secundario intermedio (88) y avanzado (76) y fue menor en el sistema agroforestal (38) y bosque ribereño primario (35). El género fue el mejor sustituto para estimar la riqueza de especies de hormigas a través de los diferentes tipos de sucesión vegetal, explicando entre el 72-97 % (P &lt; 0.001) de la variabilidad total de especies. Nuestros resultados confirman que el uso del nivel de género es un excelente sustituto para estimar la riqueza de especies de hormigas en la región y tanto los bosques en regeneración y sistemas agroforestales pueden contribuir en la conservación de la comunidad de hormigas en la Amazonía Oriental.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:Deforestation in Amazon forests is one of the main causes for biodiversity loss worldwide. Ants are key into the ecosystem because act like engineers; hence, the loss of ants&#8217; biodiversity may be a guide to measure the loss of essential functions into the ecosystems. The aim of this study was to evaluate soil ant&#8217;s richness and to estimate whether higher taxa levels (Subfamily and Genus) can be used as surrogates of species richness in different vegetation types (fallows, old-growth forests and agroforestry systems) in Eastern Amazon. The samples were taken in 65 areas in the Maranhão and Pará States in the period 2011-2014. The sampling scheme followed the procedure of Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF). Initially, the vegetation types were characterized according to their age and estimated species richness. Linear and exponential functions were applied to evaluate if higher taxa can be used as surrogates and correlated with the Pearson coefficient. In total, 180 species distributed in 60 genera were identified. The results showed that ant species richness was higher in intermediate fallows (88) and old secondary forest (76), and was lower in agroforestry systems (38) and mature riparian forest (35). The genus level was the best surrogate to estimate the ant&#8217;s species richness across the different vegetation types, and explained 72-97 % (P &lt; 0.001) of the total species variability. The results confirmed that the genus level is an excellent surrogate to estimate the ant&#8217;s species richness in the region and that both fallows and agroforestry systems may contribute in the conservation of Eastern Amazon ant community. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65 (1): 279-291. Epub 2017 March 01.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[taxones sustitutos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conservación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[evaluación rápida de riqueza]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Amazonía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[taxonomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surrogates]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[conservation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rapid richness assessment, Amazon]]></kwd>
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