Amazonian species within the Cerrado savanna: new records and potential distribution for Aglae caerulea (Apidae: Euglossini)

作者：Silva Daniel P^*; Aguiar Antonio J C; Melo Gabriel A R; Anjos Silva Evandson J; De Marco Paulo Jr

来源：Apidologie, 2013, 44(6): 673-683.

DOI：10.1007/s13592-013-0216-7

• Aglae caerulea
• Amazon
• Cerrado
• dispersal corridor
• Wallacean shortfall
• species distribution modeling

Given human-related changes, quality distributional data are required for consistent conservation. Still, the lack of proper biogeographic information is a major setback for many groups. Here, we use new occurrences for Aglae caerulea in the Cerrado to model its potential distribution. We used Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) and Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Production (GARP) algorithms in different modeling runs and both previous and new A. caerulea occurrences to predict this species distribution. Models which used only the previous A. caerulea%26apos;s records did not predicted the new Cerrado records, while those where we used the latter did predict the new ones as minimally suitable. A. caerulea distribution significantly increased towards the Cerrado according to both MaxEnt and GARP algorithms. Gallery forests are important dispersal alternatives for several species dwelling the Amazon and the Atlantic forest. Niche models of other rare Euglossini bees are advised to better evaluate their distributions.

• 出版日期2013-11