Detecting herbivory in two mosses from an Atlantic Forest, Brazil

dc.creatorMaciel-Silva, AS
dc.creatordos Santos, ND
dc.date2011
dc.dateJUN
dc.date2014-07-30T14:38:53Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:42:31Z
dc.date2014-07-30T14:38:53Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:42:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:27:05Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:27:05Z
dc.identifierJournal Of Bryology. Maney Publishing, v. 33, n. 140, n. 147, 2011.
dc.identifier0373-6687
dc.identifierWOS:000293626900006
dc.identifier10.1179/1743282010Y.0000000023
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/61279
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/61279
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1273277
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionWe recorded evidence for herbivory in the mosses Hypopterygium tamarisci and Lopidium concinnum in a tropical rainforest (Sao Paulo State, Brazil). We described this herbivory quantitatively, measured the protein and phenol abundance, and identified potential herbivores in the laboratory. We sampled plants from 10 colonies of each species in the years 2007 and 2008. To quantify herbivory, we used an index of damage (ID), with six categories of injury from 0 (0%) to 5 (50-100%). Air-dried moss samples were weighed (100 mg) and used for protein and phenol detection by the Bradford and Folin-Ciocalteau methods, respectively. The plants were cultivated under controlled laboratory conditions and the identification of herbivores was performed from photographs. Injury was higher in H. tamarisci than in L. concinnum (68% and 38% in 2007 and 35% and 23% in 2008, respectively). H. tamarisci had higher mean ID (1.70 in 2007 and 1.09 in 2008); however, the ID values were low compared with ID values detected in angiosperms from tropical forests. Proteins were more abundant than phenol compounds for both species. H. tamarisci had the highest levels of protein and phenols. The phenol/protein ratios (ph/pt ratio) from H. tamarisci (0.42) and L. concinnum (0.40) were similar to those of other terrestrial plants. No correlation between ID and ph/pt ratio, proteins or phenols was detected. Lepidoptera larvae (Geometridae) and micro-snails (Charopidae) were found feeding mainly on the leaves of these mosses. Thus, H. tamarisci and L. concinnum are food sources for herbivores in the field, mainly as alternative food sources for some small and less mobile herbivores.
dc.description33
dc.description2
dc.description140
dc.description147
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionFAPESP [03/12595-7, COTEC/IF 41.065/2005, IBAMA/CGEN 093/2005]
dc.languageen
dc.publisherManey Publishing
dc.publisherLeeds
dc.publisherInglaterra
dc.relationJournal Of Bryology
dc.relationJ. Bryol.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAnimal-plant interaction
dc.subjectBryophytes
dc.subjectHypopterygiaceae
dc.subjectTropical rainforest
dc.subjectPhenols
dc.subjectProteins
dc.subjectInsect Herbivory
dc.subjectRain-forest
dc.subjectBryophytes
dc.subjectPathogens
dc.subjectFood
dc.subjectSeasonality
dc.subjectArthropod
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectAbundance
dc.subjectPatterns
dc.titleDetecting herbivory in two mosses from an Atlantic Forest, Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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