Are cocoaplantationssuitable habitats? Networkbetween parasites (Diptera: Hippoboscidea) andhosts (Mammalia: Chiroptera)in cocoa-dominated landscapes of theBrazilianAmazon
| dc.creator | Dias, Samantha Valente | |
| dc.creator | Alexandre, Rafaela Jemely Rodrigues | |
| dc.creator | Correia, Letícia Lima | |
| dc.creator | Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza | |
| dc.creator | Graciolli, Gustavo | |
| dc.creator | Alcantara, Daniel Maximo Corrêa de | |
| dc.creator | Vieira, Thiago Bernardi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-06T15:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-06T15:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: The relationshipbetweenectoparasitic flies andbatsisinfluenced by anthropogenic changesinnaturalenvironments.IntheAmazon,variousformsof disturbancecontributetoecosystemimbalance,potentiallyleadingtothelocal extinctionanddisruptionofecologicalfunctions.Cacaocultivationhasbeen expandingintheAmazon,butstudiesonitsimpactsonbatdiversityarestilllimited, hindering thedevelopmentofeffectiveconservation strategies.Thisstudyaimsto assess batandbatfly speciestounderstandhowland-usechangesaffectantagonistic interaction networksbetweenectoparasitic flies andPhyllostomidaebats. Methods: We sampledurbanareas,naturalvegetation,andcacaoplantations using 10mistnetsover69nightsat36sitesacross10municipalitiesinPará. Results: The overallinteractionnetworkshowed42hostspeciesand52 ectoparasite species,showinghighspecialization, lowconnectivity,and insignificantnestingandparasitevulnerability.Thehighestectoparasitesrichness wasobservedinnaturalvegetation(47),followedbycacao(30)andurbanareas (29).Thecacao-dominatednetworkexhibitedhighmodularity,naturalareashad thehighestoccurrenceofinfracommunities,followedbyurbanareasandcocoa. Five batspecieswerepresentinallthreeenvironments,eachinfestedwith infracommunities.Notably,infracommunalassociationswerecommonamong ectoparasitegenera Speiseria,Strebla, and Trichobius. Discussion: The speciesrichnessobservedhighlightsPará as aregionof exceptionaldiversityfordipteranectoparasites ofbats(with60species).Our studysuggeststhatcacaoplantationscan serveassuitablehabitatsforboth bats and flies.Notably,weconductedthisresearchonasmall,family-runfarm. While thesetypesoffarmsarenotsubstitutesfornaturalvegetation,theymay help mitigatetheimpactsofrapidland-useandland-coverchange.Infact, thesesmall,family-operatedfarmsdemonstratedhabitatsuitabilitycloseto thatofnaturalvegetationareas,supporting greaterbiodiversitywithin agriculturallandscapes. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | DIAS, Samantha Valente et al. Are cocoa plantations suitable habitats? Network between parasites (Diptera: Hippoboscidea) and hosts (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in cocoa-dominated landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Lausanne, v. 13, e1499475, 2025. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1499475. Disponível em: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2025.1499475/full. Acesso em: 2 out. 2025. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fevo.2025.1499475 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | e- 2296-701X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.bc.ufg.br//handle/ri/28793 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.country | Suica | |
| dc.publisher.department | Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB (RMG) | |
| dc.rights | Acesso Aberto | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | |
| dc.subject | Streblidae | |
| dc.subject | Nycteribiidae | |
| dc.subject | infracommunity | |
| dc.subject | Phyllostomidae | |
| dc.subject | Trichobius tuttlei | |
| dc.subject | Speiseria peytoni | |
| dc.subject | Mastoptera guimaraesi | |
| dc.subject | Basilia manu | |
| dc.title | Are cocoaplantationssuitable habitats? Networkbetween parasites (Diptera: Hippoboscidea) andhosts (Mammalia: Chiroptera)in cocoa-dominated landscapes of theBrazilianAmazon | |
| dc.type | Artigo |