Asociacion Armonia is protecting a 11,000 acre tropical savanna in the Beni, Bolivia. We are going to use a savanna patch-burn management technique, but we are not clear of the potential climax level of older successional savannas. We are thinking the best measurement could be arthropod diversity and abundance. We are interested in an comparison arthropod studies in tropical savannas.
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The following articles might be of help:
Neves et al. 2010. Successional and Seasonal Changes in a Community of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest. Natureza & Conservação 8(2):160-164.
Vasconcelos et al 2009. Dynamics of the Leaf-Litter Arthropod Fauna Following Fire in a Neotropical Woodland Savanna. PLoS ONE 4(11): e7762.
Andersen AN, Müller WJ (2000) Arthropod responses to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savannah: ordinal-level analysis. Austral Ecol 25: 199–209.
Quesada et al 2009. Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 1014–1024.
Probably some of these:
Frizzo, Tiago L. M. ; Campos, Ricardo I. ; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. . Contrasting Effects of Fire on Arboreal and Ground-Dwelling Ant Communities of a Neotropical Savanna. Biotropica (Lawrence, KS), v. 44, p. 254-261, 2012.
FERREIRA, R.N.C ; Franklin, E. ; Souza, J. L. P; Moraes, J.. Soil oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) diversity and composition in semi-deciduous forest fragments in eastern Amazonia and comparison with the surrounding savanna matrix. Journal of Natural History, v. 46, p. 2131-2144, 2012.
SILVA, LAURA V. B. ; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. . Plant palatability to leaf-cutter ants (Atta laevigata) and litter decomposability in a Neotropical woodland savanna. Austral Ecology (Print), v. 36, p. 504-510, 2011.
Lopes, Cauê T. ; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. . Fire Increases Insect Herbivory in a Neotropical Savanna. Biotropica (Lawrence, KS), v. 43, p. 612-618, 2011.
AMPOS, Ricardo Ildefonso de ; VASCONCELOS, H. L. ; ANDERSEN, A. ; Frizzo, Tiago L. M. ; SPENA, KELLY C. . Multi-scale ant diversity in savanna woodlands: an intercontinental comparison. Austral Ecology (Print), v. 36, p. 983-992, 2011.
SANTOS, E. M. R. ; FRANKLIN, E. ; MAGNUSSON, W. . Cost-efficiency of Sub-sampling Protocols to Evaluate Oribatid Mites Communities in an Amazonian Savanna. Biotropica (Lawrence, KS), v. 40(6), p. 728-735, 2008.
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