Avaliação de duas técnicas de translocação de serrapilheira sobre as assembleias de aranhas (Arachnida: Araneae) e formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract

*[Our objective was to compare 2 techniques of leaf-litter translocation (with & without withdrawing the pre-extent litter layer), through observations on spider & ant richness & assemblage composition, in order to define the best way to perform translocation. The study was carried out in 2 Brazilian Atlantic rain forest remnants in Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil. Both for spiders & ants, the species richness increased in units that received leaf-litter & it was higher two forms of translocation seem to be efficient.]