Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: FRANCIMEIRE FERNANDES FERREIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : FRANCIMEIRE FERNANDES FERREIRA
DATA : 30/04/2021
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual - convite será feito oportunamente ao membros via Google Meet
TÍTULO:

PHYTOOPHAGUS BATS AND FOOD RESOURCES: THE
RESPONSE TO SCALE DEFORESTATION
LANDSCAPE BETWEEN AMAZON-CERRADO TRANSITION

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

diversity, ecotone, interaction, impacts, landscape.

PÁGINAS: 75
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Biológicas
ÁREA: Ecologia
SUBÁREA: Ecologia de Ecossistemas
RESUMO:

Understanding the patterns of ecosystem cycles is essential for ecology, since a large part of
natural environments are being fragmented by strong impacts on inappropriate land use, as
occurs in the extensive ecotonal region between the Amazon and Cerrado biomes.
Chiropterans have a high diversity in these biomes and have an important ecological role,
such as phytophagous bats that feed on part of plants, guaranteeing the pollination and
dispersion of a range of plant species. Our research aims to understand this bat-plant
interaction on a geographical scale between Amazonia-Ecotone-Cerrado, in order to assess
the plant diversity associated with bats, as well as the responses to fragmentation based on
plant resources, in addition to the importance of phytophagous bats in the germination of
these plant species. We captured phytophagous bats in 24 forest remnants connected and
isolated and distributed in the Amazon biome (n = 8), Ecotone (n = 8) and Cerrado (n = 8).
The bats were captured with mist nets and the feces collected were screened in the laboratory
and subjected to germination experiments. Statistical analyzes were performed to verify the
differences in the distribution of plant species between biomes, as well as to analyze the
effects of environmental characteristics on the distribution of plant species found in bat feces.
In order to verify the effects of the impacts of land use on the distribution of plant species
found in bat feces, we will verify the impacts of deforestation on plant resources, through the
extraction of metrics in conjunction with multivariate analyzes. To verify the role of
phytophagous bats in the seed dispersal process, we will conclude the tests of seed
germination in different types of treatments, with the construction of a viable protocol for
eschatological studies. The research already reveals more than 70 plant morphotypes
dispersed by phytophagous bats, and the preliminary results of germination are positive. This
denotes the importance of phytophagous bats in the forest regeneration process in an
extensive neotropical region.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 888.812.616-34 - FREDERICO AUGUSTO GUIMARÃES GUILHERME - UFU
Interno - 996.005.011-49 - DIVINO VICENTE SILVÉRIO - UnB
Interno - 132029001 - EDDIE LENZA DE OLIVEIRA
Externo à Instituição - CHRISTIANO PERES COELHO - UFJ