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Livro Do Curso Livro do curso Ecologia da Floresta Amazônica 2017 Foto: Thairine Mendes Coordenadores e monitores José Luiz C. Camargo Daniela Pinto Coelho Raffaello Di Ponzio Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec Paulo Enrique C. Peixoto Professores 3 Alunos 4 Índice Dimona – projetos orientados Pernas pra quê te quero? O tamanho da perna não afeta a eficiência na aquisição de recursos em áreas sem serrapilheira Carolina M. Muniz, Carolina S. Oliveira, Guthieri T. Colombo & Abílio B. F. André.........................................11 A coexistência de espécies de líquens em troncos não depende de competição ou facilitação Jefferson R. Souza, Thairine M. Pereira, Gisele M. Santos & Arthur Filipe da Silva............................................19 Tamanho não é documento: limitação na disponibilidade de luz não determina convergência no tamanho foliar em fragmentos florestais Maria Julia M. Ganassin, Natalia de F. Medeiros, Tiago V. Fernandes & Ligia de A. F. Vieira...........................26 Instabilidade ambiental não afeta comportamento exploratório em Crematogaster sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mário S. M. Tagliari, Bruna Cassettari, Daniela Bôlla & Luiza Guimarães..........................................................34 O efeito de borda não afeta a estrutura da vegetação em um fragmento florestal Vivian H. T. Sousa, Aline L. Nascimento, Daniela Angeli-Dutra & Leonardo H. da Silva...................................43 Dimona – projetos livres A inclinação das teias de aranhas não responde a trajetória de voo de insetos emergentes em regiões ripárias Abílio B. F. André, Carol M. Muniz, Carolina S. Oliveira, Guthieri T. Colombo.................................................53 Formigas (Pheidole minutula) defendem folhas de Maieta sp. (Melastomataceae) independentemente da suscetibilidade à herbivoria Bruna O. Cassettari, Tiago V. Fernandes, Arthur F. da Silva, Jefferson R. de Souza............................................54 Menor disponibilidade de alimento aumenta a eficiência na captura de presas por Allomerus sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) na planta mirmecófita Hirtela myrmecophita (Malvaceae) Daniela Angeli-Dutra, Leonardo da Silva, Aline L. Nascimento & Maria Julia Ganassin....................................55 5 A estratégia de forrageio de Crematogaster sp. não varia com a oferta de recursos Lígia A. F. Vieira, Gisele M. Santos, Natália F. Medeiros & Vivian H. T. Souza.................................................56 Tamanho não é documento: umidade do ambiente não influencia o tamanho do ápice foliar Luiza Guimarães, Daniela Bôlla, Mário Tagliari & Thairine M. Pereira...............................................................57 Catalão – projetos orientados Reprodução a todo custo? Competição intraespecífica não afeta o investimento reprodutivo de Tachigali sp. (Fabaceae) Abílio B. F. André, Maria Julia M. Ganassin, Bruna O. Cassettari & Arthur Filipe da Silva................................58 Paspalum sp. (Poaceae) não gera efeito de vizinhança sobre a herbivoria em Eichornea crassipes (Pontederiaceae) Aline L. Nascimento, Carolina S. Oliveira, Daniela Bôlla, Tiago V. Fernandes....................................................63 Aranhas selecionam rametas de Eichornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) mais susceptíveis à herbivoria para a construção de teias Leonardo H. da Silva, Daniela Angeli-Dutra, Mário S.M. Tagliari & Carolina M. Muniz....................................70 A restrição na disponibilidade de nitrogênio não induz maior investimento em estruturas de captura de zooplâncton na planta carnívora Utricularia sp. Natália F. Medeiros, Gisele M. Santos, Lígia A. F. Vieira & Jefferson R. Souza..................................................77 O nível de inundação não limita o estabelecimento de Cecropia sp. (Cecropiaceae) em áreas de várzea Thairine M. Pereira, Guthieri T. Colombo, Luiza N. Guimarães, Vivian Heloise T. Sousa..................................83 Anavilhanas – projetos orientados Investimento em produção de folhas durante o início do período de seca não é afetado pela herbivoria em florestas alagáveis Bruna O. Cassettari, Carolina M. Muniz, Mário S. M. Tagliari & Thairine Mendes.............................................88 6 Investimento em inflorescência não afeta padrões de simetria em flores de Clitoria sp. (Fabaceae) Daniela Bôlla, Arthur da Silva, Gisele Moreira e Luiza Guimarães.......................................................................96 O aprendizado não influencia o comportamento de fuga de opiliões (Aracnida) Guthieri T. Colombo, Abílio B. F. André, Daniela de A. Dutra, Ligia A. F. Vieira............................................101 O tamanho da estrutura de camuflagem em teias da aranha Cyclosa fililineata não prejudica a captura de presas Maria Julia M. Ganassin, Carolina S. Oliveira, Jefferson R. Souza & Vivian H. T. Sousa.................................106 Tinha uma ilha no meio do caminho: ilhas pequenas favorecem a conectividade da paisagem para espécies de aves em uma floresta sazonalmente inundada Tiago V. Fernandes, Aline L. Nascimento, Leonardo H. da Silva & Natália F. Medeiros...................................112 Anavilhanas – projetos livres A incidência de luz na floresta não influencia a seleção de habitat por aranhas Arthur Filipe da Silva, Guthieri T. Colombo, Thairine M. Pereira, Vivian H. T. Sousa......................................122 Quantidade de nutrientes da água promove a senescência foliar em florestas inundáveis Carolina Oliveira, Carolina M. Muniz, Maria Julia M. Ganassin, Luiza N. Guimarães.......................................123 Distúrbios gerados pela turbulência da água não afetam a diversidade de florestas alagáveis em curvas de rio Gisele M. Santos, Daniela Bôlla, Mário S. M. Tagliari, Natália F. Medeiros......................................................124 O investimento na produção de folhas é semelhante em plantas que perdem e que mantêm as folhas durante a cheia em uma floresta inundável Abílio B. F. André, Leonardo H. da Silva, Aline L. Nascimento & Bruna O. Cassettari.....................................125 A densidade foliar não altera a capacidade de flutuação da folha Daniela de A. Dutra, Jefferson R. de Souza, Tiago V. Fernandes, Lígia A.F. Vieira...........................................126 7 Km 41 – projetos orientados O maior investimento nas pernas sensoriais não afeta a eficiência de forrageio em uma espécie de opilião Arthur Filipe da Silva, Abílio B. F. André, Carol S. Oliveira & Natália F. Medeiros..........................................127 A co-ocorrência de machos de uma espécie de grilo territorial (Orthoptera: Tethigonnidae) não é devido à existência de machos satélites Mário S.M. Tagliari, Aline L. Nascimento, Guthieri T. Colombo & Lígia Vieira...............................................133 Pressão de predação não determina o investimento em musculatura torácica em libélulas do gênero Micrathyria Thairine M. Pereira, Maria Julia M. Ganassin, Daniela de A. Dutra & Leonardo H. da Silva.............................140 Maior eficiência de defesa biótica não implica em menor investimento em defesa física contra herbivoria em Maieta poeppigii (Melastomaceae) Tiago V. Fernandes, Bruna O. Cassettari, Daniela Bôlla & Gisele M. Santos.....................................................148 A planta mirmecófita Maieta poeppigii (Melastomataceae) é mais bem defendida pelas formigas Pheidole minutula quando oferece abrigos maiores Vivian Heloise T. Sousa, Carolina M. Muniz, Jefferson R. de Souza, Luiza N. Guimarães................................156 Km 41 – projetos individuais O tamanho corporal não afeta distribuição vertical de um morfotipo de aranha em um gradiente de umidade Abílio B. F. André.................................................................................................................................................164 A presença da formiga Pheidole minutula não condiciona a presença do hemíptero Jalisus ossae na planta mirmecófita Maieta guianensis (Melastomataceae) Aline L. Nascimento.............................................................................................................................................170 Epífilas não prejudicam o crescimento de plantas de sub-bosques numa floresta tropical úmida Arthur Filipe da Silva............................................................................................................................................180 8 A eficiência de fuga de camarões Macrobrachium amazonicum não é modulada pela experiência prévia e independe da condição corpórea Bruna O. Cassettari...............................................................................................................................................186 Como a herbivoria influencia o investimento em estruturas de proteção em mirmecófitas da espécie Maieta poeppigii (Melastomataceae)? Carolina M. Muniz................................................................................................................................................195 Polícia, para quê precisa de polícia? A eficiência de defesa da formiga Pheidole minutula em Maieta sp. (Melastomatacea) não influencia a escolha de folhas pelas aranhas Faiditus subflavus Carolina S. Oliveira...............................................................................................................................................206 Disponibilidade de recursos não afeta o comportamento de forrageio de formigas Azteca sp. em duas espécies de mirmecófitas do gênero Tococa (Melastomataceae) Daniela Bôlla.........................................................................................................................................................215
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