Abstract Brazil has a wide diversity of exotic birds that were brought to this country during the European colonization. These animals are kept in captivity and, in some cases, in inadequate facilities, which may facilitate the introduction of pathogens, including gastrointestinal parasites. The purpose ...
ABSTRACT Despite extensive habitat fragmentation, the Neotropical region possesses 30% of the world´s bird species. Microsatellites have remained one of the most popular genetic markers and have been used in ecological and conservation studies since the 1990's. We conducted a literature review comparing...
Introdução: Nas últimas décadas, as infeções fúngicas invasivas por leveduras tornou-se um importante problema de saúde pública, dado sua incidência crescente relacionada ao aumento da população suscetível. O reconhecimento destes patógenos em aspectos como, distribuicão ambiental e carate...
ABSTRACT The Amazonian cangas is a vegetation type distributed as patches of open vegetation embedded in a matrix of tropical forest and that grows over iron-rich soils in the Serra dos Carajás region. To characterize cangas avifauna, we surveyed birds in eight patches varying from 43 to 1,366 hectares....
Devido à intensa modificação dos ambientes naturais e sua transformação em ambientes urbanos, muitas espécies da fauna silvestre têm perdido ambientes adequados à sua sobrevivência e reprodução. Algumas espécies de aves têm conseguido, entretanto, se adaptar a parques e praças urbanos, enco...
Abstract:Roads immersed in conservation areas will increase in number, size, and traffic over the next decade, and thus, understanding their effects on forest-dependent wildlife is crucial for improving current management practices and reducing the negative impacts of roads on sensitive species. We exami...
Análisis de Varianza,
Migración Animal,
Biodiversidad,
Aves/clasificación,
Aves/fisiología,
Conservación de los Recursos Naturales,
Costa Rica,
Ruido del Transporte,
Dinámica Poblacional,
Bosque Lluvioso,
Estaciones del Año,
Análisis Espacio-Temporal,
Especificidad de la Especie,
Clima Tropical
Resumen:La disponibilidad de información sobre abundancia de especies en el Neotrópico es insuficiente. Esto impide la realización de análisis precisos y definición de estrategias de conservación adecuadas para especies endémicas y amenazadas. A través de un censo simultáneo durante dos días co...
Resumen:Los estudios sobre gradientes altitudinales han permitido examinar cambios en la riqueza y composición de los ensamblajes de aves, lo que hace posible obtener información sobre las variables ambientales que determinan su distribución y factores que definen la estructura. En este trabajo se des...
Abstract Ecological restoration aims to retrieve not only the structure but also the functionality of ecosystems. Frugivorous birds may play an important role in this process due to their efficiency in seed dispersal. Color perception in these animals is highly developed, and then the colors of fleshy fr...
Abstract The goal of this study was to identify which bird species consume Solanum granuloso-leprosum fruits and disperse its seeds. 60 hours of focal observations were carried out between April and May 2006 on the edge of a deciduous forest fragment in the Uruguay River region, Rio Grande do Sul state, ...