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- Bird response to habitat change in ReBio Una, Bahia, Brazil
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In Tamil Nadu, people follow several traditional practices with religious faiths. One such tradition is known as sthalavriksha (sthal: locality, vriksha: tree) associated with temples. Aegle marmelos is the most popular sthalavriksha, which is worshipped in the temples. Very few studies have so far been conducted on medicinal uses of sthalavrikshas...
The Pantanal is considered the largest continuous freshwater wetland in the world, and its sustainable use requires a unified conceptual framework. The lengthy process to establish public policies has contributed to the increasing vulnerability of the Pantanal. Given the need for a conceptual basis to help this process, we elaborate a list of eight...
O Pantanal é considerado a maior planície alagada contínua de água doce do mundo, e seu uso sustentável requer uma estrutura conceitual unificada. O longo processo para a formulação de políticas públicas tem contribuído para a crescente vulnerabilidade do
Pantanal. Dada a necessidade de uma base conceitual para auxiliar esse processo, elaboramos u...
A edição deste livro é parte das atividades previstas na disciplina “Ecologia de Campo III” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.
A edição deste livro é parte das atividades previstas na disciplina “Ecologia de Campo III” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.
A edição deste livro é parte das atividades previstas na disciplina “Ecologia de Campo III” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.
A edição deste livro é parte das atividades previstas na disciplina “Ecologia de Campo III” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação (PPGEC) da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.
Freshwater macroinvertebrates can connect tropical forests and stream food webs by consuming both terrestrially and aquatically produced foods, but direct observations of nocturnal feeding behavior in these natural ecosystems are rare. Observational data on decapods feeding behavior are limited partly because they are cryptic and often forage at ni...
Abstract. Several phytogeographic regions (Cerrado, Pantanal, Atlantic Forest, Gran Chaco, and Chiquitano Dry Forests) converge in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and influence regional biodiversity. Despite a list of birds in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul being published by Nunes et al. (2017), it is necessary to update and critically r...
A fauna de vertebrados do Lago do Amor é composta por 19 espécies de peixes, nove de anfíbios, 23 de répteis, cerca de 150 de aves e 30 espécies de mamíferos. É uma fauna considerável pelo tamanho da área dentro de um contexto urbano, com valor cênico aos campo-grandenses e turistas. Pelo menos duas espécies de mamíferos que ocorrem na área estão a...
The Pantanal floodplains of Brazil are a region of rich biodiversity. To date, the true richness of the Pantanal avifauna has not been explored satisfactorily caused by a lack of studies in the region and, especially, by the divergence of opinion among the works published by various authors on the many species found in the region. This is due to th...
en Diploendozoochory is the seeds’ dispersion ingested by two or more animal species in sequence. This mechanism does not occur among the fish species we studied relative to dispersal of seeds because they were destroyed when passing through the predator fish. Our study is the first about diploendozoochory among tropical fishes.
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Os sistemas agroflorestais, que combinam árvores nativas com plantações, são considerados poderosos aliados para aumentar a produção de alimentos sem ameaçar a biodiversidade, tão afetada pela agricultura convencional. Mas, apesar de as agroflorestas terem reais vantagens para a conservação, a diversidade de espécies nesses ambientes não equivale à...
Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure
on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a
considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable develop...
Para informações detalhadas sobre o tema principal e os subtemas da Conferência acesse https://www.ibama.gov.br/wildfire2019-tema
O Pantanal tanto depende como é perturbado pelos incêndios. Por isso, a pesquisa focada e a queima controlada são vitais para todos os pantaneiros: flora, fauna e pessoas.
Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is
essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural
environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem
services for humanity, and can generate a considerable direct or indirect
income to the local communities. In order to meet many of the
sustainab...
Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable develop...
Cacao agroforestry have been considered as biodiversity‐friendly farming practices by maintaining habitats for a high diversity of species in tropical landscapes. However, little information is available to evaluate whether this agrosystem can maintain functional diversity, given that agricultural changes can affect the functional components, but n...
Scientists have long been trying to understand why the Neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on Earth. Recently, there has been increased interest in morphological variation between and within species, and in how climate, topography, and anthropogenic pressures may explain and affect phenotypic variation. Because morphological dat...
Scientists have long been trying to understand why the Neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on Earth. Recently, there has been increased interest in morpho- logical variation between and within species, and in how climate, topography, and anthropogenic pressures may explain and affect phenotypic variation. Because morphological d...
The birds of most elevated parts of hills in western Pan-tanal are little known, mentioned only in general compilations. We report on the avifauna from western Pantanal wetland. It was recorded a total of 412 bird species, of which 24% are regularly migratory (16 Northern species and 84 Southern species). At least 7 species are in the lists of exti...
Que as mudanças climáticas influenciam a biodiversidade e os serviços ecossistêmicos não há qualquer sombra de dúvida. Mas quais são exatamente essas influências? Existem espécies mais vulneráveis? Há espécies capazes de se adaptar? Podemos aprender com elas? Quais ecossistemas e serviços ambientais são mais afetados? Podemos evitar ou minimizar os...
We conducted a detailed review of threatened bird and mammal occurrence records obtained from surveys across Mato Grosso do Sul, midwestern region of Brazil which has an extent of 357,145 km², aiming to support environmental and biodiversity conservation initiatives, as strategic plans to protect threatened species in this region. We included all r...
Throughout the world, natural habitats have been replaced by pastures. Thus, bird conservation requires making pastures more accessible for birds. The use of pastures by birds inhabiting the surrounding natural habitats may be affected by the structure of pastures and their distance from natural habitats. In this study we tested whether bird specie...
Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) feed largely on palm seeds and fruits. Here, we report a pair of Hyacinth Macaws feeding on termites. We visited the nesting tree of a pair of Hyacinth Macaws at the southern border of the Brazilian Pantanal on a monthly basis during one year. Macaws were present during four of these visits, and we recor...
Checklist of the birds of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Contrasting with several other Brazilian states, just recently the state of Mato Grosso do Sul started to organize an inventory of its birdlife. We list 630 species of birds for the Mato Grosso do Sul, belonging to 26 orders and 74 families, representing 34% of birds occurring in Br...
RESUMO Nós avaliamos os registros de espécies ameaçadas de extinção nas unidades de conservação do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul com o objetivo de construir uma base de dados sistematizada e georreferenciada para auxiliar ações de conservação. Utilizamos como critério de seleção de espécies aquelas presentes na lista nacional e/ou global. Registramo...
The Great Rufous Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) feeds mostly on arthropods, but includes small vertebrates such as amphibians and reptiles in its diet, as well as eggs and nestlings of other songbirds. There are a few records of bats in the diet of the Great Rufous Woodcreeper, but it is not known how commonly they consume bats. During fieldwork...
We report a predation event of an adult Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata) by Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) in the Base de Estudos do Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This is the first report of vertebrate predation by Purplish Jay in the literature.
As informações de distribuição das espécies de aves em diferentes habitats e a estrutura de suas comunidades são cruciais para sua conservação. Nós testamos as diferenças na composição, riqueza e abundância de aves em diferentes fitofisionomias da Serra da Bodoquena, oeste do Brasil, e demonstramos as variações na riqueza e abundância de aves entre...
We observed Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri) consuming soil from arboreal termite nests while excavating a nest cavity. As most observations of parrot geophagy come from clay licks, this observation prompted questions about the benefits of consuming termite nest soil rather than ground soil. We compared nutrient contents and chemical...
Piper mikanianum from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, is a well known source of safrole, an arylpropanoid precursor of several bioactive molecules. This work determined the seasonal and hydrodistillation time influence on the essential oil (EO) yield and composition. Dehydrated leaves were hydrodistilled with and without fractioning during a total...
We developed a framework to incorporate biodiversity information about target species based on expert knowledge into landscape metrics in order to subsidize conservation planning. Four steps make up our framework: 1) biodiversity expert consults, 2) processing and organizing the information, 3) validating the information and 4) incorporating biodiv...
Resumo: A planície pantaneira é uma importante região de parada e sítio de alimentação para aves limícolas migratórias que utilizam a Rota Amazônia Central/Pantanal. Nesse estudo apresentamos dados bibliográficos e de campo sobre composição, abundância relativa, habitat e status de conservação das espécies de aves aquáticas da ordem Charadriformes...
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O conhecimento ornitológico em Santa Catarina aumentou consideravelmente nas últimas duas décadas, e com freqüência são realizadas adições à avifauna catarinense ou redescobertas de espécies com registros históricos. Desta forma, apresentamos os primeiros registros e localidades de ocorrência de Ph...
Studies on the natural history of the lizard Enyalius iheringii Boulenger, 1885, as well as other tropical lizards, are rare. In this study, some aspects of the natural history of this endemic species from the Atlantic forest are reported in areas of Vale do Itajai, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Twenty individuals were found, of which 18 were co...
Studies on the natural history of the lizard Enyalius iheringii Boulenger, 1885, as well as other tropical lizards, are rare. In this study, some aspects of the natural history of this endemic species from the Atlantic forest are reported in areas of Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Twenty individuals were found, of which 18 were co...
"Artificial perches as a nucleation technique for restoration of a riparian environment: characterization of the seed rain and of natural regeneration. Riparian habitats are important to the maintenance of ecological processes and environmental services. However, a significant portion of the riparian vegetation in the Brazilian Atlantic forest has...
Riparian habitats are important to the maintenance of ecological processes and environmental services. However, a significant portion of the riparian vegetation in the Brazilian Atlantic forest has been removed in response to increasing human pressure. Therefore, the application of restoration techniques in these habitats becomes essential. In this...
Red list of fauna of Santa Catarina, Brazil
The present study aimed to evaluate the composition of mixed-species bird flocks in a fragmented landscape of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. We recorded 117 species in 218 mixed-species flocks. The correspondence analysis showed two distinct groups of fragments according to degree of connectivity with other fragments. The percentage of ori...
Recent developments have highlighted the importance of forest amount at large spatial scales and of matrix quality for ecological processes in remnants. These developments, in turn, suggest the potential for reducing biodiversity loss through the maintenance of a high percentage of forest combined with sensitive management of anthropogenic areas. W...
We provide information on little known grassland birds that occurs in open landscapes of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. The study site is located in the municipality of Itaiópolis, in a locality known as “Campo Grande”, were a small portion of natural grassland remained in a landscape dominated by pine plantation, agriculture and fra...
We provide information on little known grassland birds that occurs in open landscapes of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. The study site is located in the municipality of Itaiópolis, in a locality known as "Campo Grande", were a small portion of natural grassland remained in a landscape dominated by pine plantation, agriculture and fra...
Ornithological knowledge in Santa Catarina has improved considerably in recent decades, and new records and rediscoveries of bird species known only by historical data have been made. As a result of field research, we present herein the first records and locations of the Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus, Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster,...
Records of Caprimulgiforms and the first occurrence of Caprimulgus sericocaudatus (Silky-tailed Nightjar) in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Caprimulgiforms are nocturnal and inconspicuous birds, habits that make difficult the record of these birds during faunal inventories. In Santa Catarina State 12 species of Caprimulgiforms are known, and many of...
The traditional shade cacao plantations (cabrucas) of southern Bahia, Brazil, are biologically rich habitats, encompassing
many forest-dwelling species. However, a critical question for the conservation management of this specific region, and the
highly fragmented Atlantic forest in general, is to what extent the conservation value of cabrucas reli...
Caprimulgiforms are nocturnal and inconspicuous birds, habits that make difficult the record of these birds during faunal inventories. In Santa Catarina State 12 species of Caprimulgiforms are known, and many of these are considered rare. We presented new records of the Nyctibius griseus, Podager nacunda, Caprimulgus longirostris, Caprimulgus parvu...
Toucans are prominent components of the tropical American avifauna. Although these birds are very conspicuous, there are few ecological studies focusing on them. In this study, the diets of four sympatric toucans (Ramphastos vitellinus, R. dirolorus, Selenidera maculirostris, and Baillonius bailloni were assessed by recording feeding bouts at two a...
In the core region of Brazilian cocoa production, shade cacao plantations (so-called
cabrucas) are important components of regional landscapes, constituting potential habitat for a
vast array of the regional biota. This research focuses on the ability of cabrucas to harbor bird and
bat species in two nearby districts – Una and Ilhe´us – with contra...
The first documented record of Nyctibius leucopterus in eastern Brazil, since its discovery and description at the beginning of XIX century, is detailed: one individual was tape-recorded and video-taped at Una Biological Reserve, southern Bahia, at 1 november 1999. Four subsequent records for the same region is provided.
Em dezembro de 1997 o Projeto de Conservação e de utilização Sustentável da Diversidade Biológica Brasileira – Probio lançou o Edital 01/1997 visando selecionar propostas que abordassem o tema “Fragmentação de Ecossistemas Naturais” e que resultassem em recomendações de políticas públicas para mitigar os efeitos da perda da biodiversidade causada p...
In this paper we present a list of plant species whose fruits are eaten by eight cotinga species (Carpornis cucullatus, C. melanocephalus, Laniisoma elegans, Lipaugus lanioides, Oxyruncus cristatus, Phibalura flavirostris, Procnias nudicollis, and Pyroderus scutatus) at Parque Estadual Intervales (PEI), an Atlantic Forest reserve in southeast Brazi...
Toucans are prominent components of the tropical American avifauna. Although these birds are very conspicuous, there are few ecological studies focusing on them. In this study, the diets of four sympatric toucans (Ramphastos vitellinus, R. dicolorus, Selenidera maculirostris, and Baillonius bailloni) were assessed by recording feeding bouts at two...
