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Flora | 2000

Ant exclusion and reproduction of Croton sarcopetalus (Euphorbiaceae)

Leandro Freitas; Leonardo Galetto; Gabriel Bernardello; Adelita Aparecida Sartori Paoli

Summary A total of 20 insect species were observed on the extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) of Croton sarcopetalus . The most frequent ant species were Zacryptocerus sp., Crematogaster brevispinosa, C. scelerata , and Linepithema humile . Ants continuously patrolled the plants taking extrafloral nectar. Experimental data showed that there were no significant differences in either the degree of herbivory or in the reproductive output between control stems (with ants) and treated ones (without ants). We found no significant evidence of protection by ants mediated by EFNs in C. sarcopetalus . It is possible that the plant has other mechanisms than ant protection to prevent herbivore damage (e.g., hairs, latex, chemical defense). As this species occupies the southernmost distribution for the genus, the presence of EFNs in this species may be the remnant of a mutualistic interaction with the ants in tropical regions, where the abundance and diversity of ants and herbivores are comparatively higher. To draw accurate patterns in the genus Croton , further investigations in other species from tropical regions of South America are needed.


Acta Botanica Brasilica | 2012

Efeito de bordas lineares na fenologia de espécies arbóreas zoocóricas em um remanescente de Mata Atlântica

Gabriela Reznik; Jakeline Prata de Assis Pires; Leandro Freitas

A dispersao de diasporos e uma das fases cruciais do ciclo de vida vegetal e a dinâmica fenologica das especies esta entre os fatores reguladores do modo de dispersao e da atividade dos dispersores. Em paisagens sujeitas a fragmentacao, a distribuicao das sindromes de dispersao pode ser modificada devido as mudancas na composicao e estrutura da flora, causadas pelo efeito de bordas, que tambem podem provocar alteracoes na fenodinâmica das plantas. Neste estudo, as sindromes de dispersao (zoocoria, anemocoria e autocoria) de 162 especies arboreas foram identificadas e, para 57 dessas especies, esta informacao foi relacionada a diferentes medidas de fenologia de frutificacao (indice de atividade, percentual de intensidade de Fournier e intensidade ponderada por area basal) em ambientes de bordas lineares e interior de mata. Em todos os ambientes houve predominância de especies zoocoricas e, em geral, a distribuicao das sindromes nao diferiu entre os ambientes. Considerando os tres ambientes conjuntamente, especies zoocoricas e anemocoricas frutificaram ao longo de todos os meses, enquanto as autocoricas apresentaram meses sem frutificacao. Quando os ambientes foram analisados separadamente, a fenodinâmica de frutificacao das especies zoocoricas (N = 44) diferiu entre os tres ambientes. Os resultados indicam a existencia de efeitos de borda na fenologia de frutificacao das especies dispersas por animais, apesar da ausencia desses efeitos na distribuicao das sindromes de dispersao. Isso sugere que a passagem de redes eletricas e gasodutos em remanescentes de Mata Atlântica pode afetar a dinâmica temporal de disponibilidade de frutos para frugivoros, com possiveis consequencias para as interacoes planta-dispersor, mesmo quando nao acarretam diminuicao na oferta total de recursos para esses animais.


Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | 2001

Nectaries and reproductive biology of Croton sarcopetalus (Euphorbiaceae)

Leandro Freitas; Gabriel Bernardello; Leonardo Galetto; Adelita Aparecida Sartori Paoli


Limnetica | 2009

Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin in the Billings reservoir (Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil)

Viviane Moschini-Carlos; Stella Bortoli; Ernani Pinto; Paula Yuri Nishimura; Leandro Freitas; Marcelo Pompêo; Felipe Augusto Dörr


Biotropica | 2009

Reproduction of Byrsonima sericea (Malpighiaceae) in Restinga Fragmented Habitats in Southeastern Brazil

Bernardo S. Dunley; Leandro Freitas; Leonardo Galetto


Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | 2009

Floral biology and mechanisms of spontaneous self-pollination in five neotropical species of Gentianaceae

Leandro Freitas; Marlies Sazima


Flora | 2008

Reproductive biology of two tree species of Leguminosae in a Montane Rain Forest in southeastern Brazil

Jakeline Prata de Assis Pires; Leandro Freitas


Flora | 2014

Conservation assessment of an extremely restricted bromeliad highlights the need for population-based conservation on granitic inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Karina V. Hmeljevski; Leandro Freitas; Robert Domingues; Alba Regina Pereira; Aline S. Cancio; Antônio Carlos Silva de Andrade; Marco Antonio Machado; Lyderson Facio Viccini


Ambiente E Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science | 2010

Limnological evaluation of water in the Rio Grande and Taquacetuba branches of the Billings Complex (São Paulo, Brazil) and management implications

Leandro Freitas; Marcelo Pompêo


Biotropica | 2016

Weak relationships between leaf phenology and isohydric and anisohydric behavior in lowland wet tropical forest trees

Nathália da Silva Braga; Angela P. Vitória; Gustavo Maia Souza; Claudia F. Barros; Leandro Freitas

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Leonardo Galetto

National University of Cordoba

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Marlies Sazima

State University of Campinas

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Gabriel Bernardello

National University of Cordoba

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Alba Regina Pereira

Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca

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Angela Pierre Vitória

State University of Feira de Santana

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Carlos Eduardo Rezende

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Cristiane Martins

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Ernani Pinto

University of São Paulo

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