Species richness of continental gastropod mollusks from a coffee plantation in Jinotega, northern Nicaragua: a first approach
Continental mollusks of some parts of Nicaragua, such as the Pacific region and the central-north of the country have been relatively well studied, including recently contributions on community ecology for these areas. This paper presents the results of a study on the structure of communities in a coffee farm in the northern zone of the country and at a protected area adjacent to it. The results show a total inventory of 21 species, more or less common values in communities of this group. Species richness at the coffee farm considering all stations (18 species) is higher than species richness at the protected area of Cerro Datanlí- El Diablo (11 species) probably because our sampling effort was larger at the former. It is also worth mentioning that at the latter we found Streptostyla turgidula, an endangered species associated to pristine ecosystems. This species is not found at any of the other sampling stations. Shannon-Weaver Diversity ranged between 2,17 and 2,51, which is consistent with the findings of the authors at other agricultural ecosystems. These data add to the increasingly abundant information on the biodiversity of these ecosystems where production processes take place in what appears to be an equilibrium with the conservation of biodiversity.KEY WORDSTerrestrial gastropods, coffee plantation, Northern Nicaragua, diversity.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica
2013
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/215 |
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