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Species richness and seasonality of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in an urban Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil

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Species richness and forest seasonality of spiders in an urban fragment of Northeastern Brazil were investigated. Mata do Buraquinho is a remnant of Atlantic Rain Forest where no spider inventories have ever been made. Samplings during dry and wet seasons were carried out in order to establish if seasonality influences species richness and complementarily of the spider fauna. Pitfall traps, nocturnal collections, and beating tray samples were used to access a multi-guild spider fauna. Spider species were estimated using first order Jackknife method. Four hundred samples were obtained, resulting in 1681 adult spiders. A total of 166 species were recorded and 211 were estimated. No significant differences for species richness were observed between both periods, and the captured species were the same according to the complementarily coefficients. The fragmentation hypothesis as factor of biota impoverishment was not tested, but future investigations on this topic are suggested in the complex of forest remnants in João Pessoa.

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Acknowledgments

We thank everyone who helped in the field work; Adalberto J. Santos (UFMG) and Cristina A. Rheims (Instituto Butantan) for suggestions on the initial drafts of this manuscript; Gustavo R. Ruiz (Salticidae), Rafael P. Indicatti (Mygalomorphae), Adalberto J. Santos (Oxyopidae and Synotaxidae) and Cristina A. Rheims (Scytodidae and Sparassidae) for kindly identifying the species of each cited taxa; and Google Earth® for authorizing the use of satellite image of João Pessoa. This study was supported by CNPq (SCD and ADB) and FAPESP (no. 99/05446-8) (ADB), and is part of Masters Science Dissertation presented to “Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) from UFPB” by the first author. This paper is part of BIOTA/FAPESP—The Biodiversity Virtual Institute Program (http://www.biota.org.br,Proc.99/05446-8).

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  1. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi/Setor de Invertebrados/Laboratório de Aracnologia, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, caixa postal 399, Belém, PA, Brazil, 66017-970

    Sidclay C. Dias

  2. Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Artrópodes, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05503-900

    Antonio D. Brescovit

  3. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil, 45650-000

    Erminda C. G. Couto

  4. Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CCEN, DSE, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, 58059-900

    Celso F. Martins

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Dias, S.C., Brescovit, A.D., Couto, E.C.G. et al. Species richness and seasonality of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in an urban Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil. Urban Ecosyst 9, 323–335 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-006-0002-7

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