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Evidence of species sorting driving aquatic beetles associated with woody debris in a transitional region between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes

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We investigated (1) the variation of both species composition and species relative abundances of aquatic beetles associated with submerged woody debris in a transitional region between Cerrado (Brazilian savannah) and Atlantic Forest biomes; and (2) which assembling processes are more associated with the observed patterns, species sorting or mass effects. We hypothesized that the marked differences between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest streams regarding vegetation composition and structure would produce different environmental conditions for stream beetle faunas assembling. We used spatial explicit multivariate techniques to analyze whether metacommunity patterns were more associated with environmental variables, indicating a major role of species sorting, or with spatial variables, indicating intense dispersal. We found distinct communities within each biome in terms of both changes in taxonomic composition and species relative abundance driven by environmental factors. Biome type, a regional scale variable, and variation in dissolved oxygen levels, a local scale variable, were the best explanatory variables of variation in metacommunity structure. We did not find any evidence of the influence of processes related to the spatial configuration of streams. Altogether our results pointed to species sorting structuring saproxylic beetles assemblages patterns.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Daniel G. da Fonseca, Fabio T. T. Hanashiro, Melissa O. Segura, Ricardo Koroiva, and Rogério Libório for helping to collect and process the submerged woody debris, to Jose Manuel Ochoa Quintero, Fabio O. Roque, Ricardo Koroiva, Suzana Escarpinati, Fábio T. T. Hanashiro and Mariya Shcheglovitova for their valuable comments that improved this manuscript, to the Environment Secretary and Forest Institute of São Paulo State for authorizing the collection of material (process number 260108-017.776/2009) at Campos do Jordão State Park and Atlantic Forest State Park (Santa Virginia Unit) and to the staff of these conservation units for the logistic support. This study was partially funded by Grant #131605/2010-0, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). The writing of this study was partially funded by Grants #2013/50424-1 and #2013/20540-0, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), by Grant #480933/2012-0, CNPq and by Grant #23/200.578/2012, Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (FUNDECT).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luiz km 235, São Carlos, São Paulo, CEP 13565-905, Brazil

    Francisco Valente-Neto & Victor S. Saito

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, CEP 79070-900, Brazil

    Francisco Valente-Neto

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Valente-Neto, F., Saito, V.S., Siqueira, T. et al. Evidence of species sorting driving aquatic beetles associated with woody debris in a transitional region between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes. Aquat Ecol 50, 209–220 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-016-9569-0

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