Insetos em experimentos de ecologia de populações: um exemplo de abordagem didática - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541

Marcos Vinicius Carneiro Vital; Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira; Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho; Diogo Andrade Costa; Leo Caetano Fernandes da Silva; Allan Valle Toledo da Silveira; Guilherme Ferreira de Lima Filho

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541

Insects in population ecology experiments: a didactical approach case - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541

Marcos Vinicius Carneiro Vital UFV
Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira UFG
Rodrigo Assis de Carvalho UFG
Diogo Andrade Costa UFG
Leo Caetano Fernandes da Silva UFG
Allan Valle Toledo da Silveira UFG
Guilherme Ferreira de Lima Filho UFG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541

Abstract

Insects are thought to have great potential in ecology teaching. Estimates of dispersion rates are essential in studies of population ecology. Such rates are difficult to obtain in nature, but they may be estimated through experiments. In this study, a study in Sitophylus oryzae’s movement capacity was performed, reinforcing its potential for didactic experiments. The experiment was made with 16 pairs of recipients filled with corn; each pair was linked by tubes, in four different distances. One of the recipients of each pair received a 35-individual population. After a week, the number of individuals was counted in each recipient; this procedure was repeated twice. The results showed that the number of individuals decreases as the distance between recipients increases. This is an interesting result, since this species is known as a stored-crop plague. The experiment showed that S. oryzae could be used in ecological experiments, either with scientific or didactic aims

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Author Biography

Marcos Vinicius Carneiro Vital, UFV

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (2003) e mestrado em Biologia (com ênfase em Ecologia) pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (2005). Atualmente é estudante de pós-graduação (doutorado) em Entomologia na Universidade Federal de Viçosa, e professor substituto de Ecologia nesta mesma instituição. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia, com ênfase em Ecologia Teórica e Biologia da Conservação Currículo Lattes

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2008-04-01

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Vital, M. V. C., Vieira, L. C. G., Carvalho, R. A. de, Costa, D. A., Silva, L. C. F. da, Silveira, A. V. T. da, & Lima Filho, G. F. de. (2008). Insects in population ecology experiments: a didactical approach case - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 26(3), 287-290. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v26i3.1541

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Vol 26 No 3 (2004)

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Biology Sciences

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