Geostatistics and Geographic Information System to Analyze the Spatial Distribution of the Diversity of Anastrepha Species (Diptera: Tephritidae): the Effect of Forest Fragments in an Urban Area
| Autor: | M. R Araujo, Keiko Uramoto, Roberto A. Zucchi, Adriano Gomes Garcia, Julio Marcos Melges Walder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Male Geographic information system Geostatistics Biology Forests Spatial distribution SISTEMA DE INFORMAÇÃO GEOGRÁFICA 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Tephritidae Animals Cities Spatial analysis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecosystem Spatial Analysis Ecology business.industry fungi Biota biology.organism_classification 010602 entomology Anastrepha Insect Science Spatial ecology Geographic Information Systems Female business human activities Animal Distribution Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| ISSN: | 1938-2936 |
| Popis: | Fruit flies are among the most damaging insect pests of commercial fruit in Brazil. It is important to understand the landscape elements that may favor these flies. In the present study, spatial data from surveys of species of Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae) in an urban area with forest fragments were analyzed, using geostatistics and Geographic Information System (GIS) to map the diversity of insects and evaluate how the forest fragments drive the spatial patterns. The results indicated a high diversity of species associated with large fragments, and a trend toward lower diversity in the more urbanized area, as the fragment sizes decreased. We concluded that the diversity of Anastrepha species is directly and positively related to large and continuous forest fragments in urbanized areas, and that combining geostatistics and GIS is a promising method for use in insect-pest management and sampling involving fruit flies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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