Evaluation, recovering and conservation of endangered animal species from the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism

• Grant number: 17/23548-2
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Luís Fábio Silveira
• Grantee: Luís Fábio Silveira
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Mercival Roberto Francisco ; Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior
• Associated researchers: Ana Paula Carmignotto ; Hylio Laganá Fernandes ; José Maurício Barbanti Duarte ; Marco Aurelio Pizo Ferreira ; Mauro Galetti Rodrigues ; Patrícia Domingues de Freitas ; Ricardo Jose Garcia Pereira
• Associated research grant(s): 23/04577-2 - 13th International Mammalogical Congress (IMC-13), AR.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/16629-7 - REVEALING THE SPECIES COMPLEX OF LEPORINUS PIAU (ANOSTOMIDAE) USING RADseq AND DNA BARCODING: A NEW INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO EXPLORE CRYPTIC DIVERSITY IN A COMPLEX HYDROGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE, BP.MS; 24/03594-3 - Illustrated dioramas of the northeastern Atlantic Forest for the Arca do CEP project, BP.IC; 22/10252-6 - Genetic variability, kinship relationships and sex ratio in Touit melanonotus (Aves, Psittaciformes, Psittacidae), an endemic and endangered bird, and implications for its conservation, BP.IC; + associated scholarships 22/01741-3 - Reassessment of mammal species believed to be locally extinct at the Pernambuco Endemism Center (CEP), from mixed sample DNA and metabarcoding, BP.PD; 21/11931-1 - Scientific Dissemination in comics for conservations of the Alagoas curassow (Pauxi mitu) at the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism, BP.IC; 22/01560-9 - Seed rain and limitation to plant recruitment in fragments of northeastern Atlantic Forest, BP.PD; 21/10339-1 - Integrative taxonomy of two highly polytypic thamnophilids (Aves: Thamnophilidae), BP.MS; 20/16065-8 - Learning from the past to predict the future: inferring responses of the Pernambuco Center of Endemism (PCE) avifauna to climate changes with comparative phylogeography and species distribution models, BP.PD; 20/13489-1 - Landscape genetics in areas of the Center of Endemism Pernambuco (CEP), BP.PD; 20/07619-0 - Past, present and future of habitat use and diet of birds in the face of anthropogenic impacts in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, BP.DR; 20/11479-9 - Generation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) in endangered wild animals, BP.PD; 20/10339-9 - Seed rain and limitation of plant recruitment in fragments of Northeast Atlantic Forest, BP.PD; 20/02570-2 - Terrestrial mammals of Pernambuco endemism center as indicators of environmental integrity, BP.PD; 20/07690-6 - Taxonomy and biogeography of Myrmoderus ruficauda (Aves, Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae) based on morphological, vocal and molecular characters, BP.IC; 19/26436-6 - Reassessment of mammalian species believed to be locally extinct at the Pernambuco endemism center (CEP) from mixed sample DNA and metabarcoding, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is a hotspot, with high biodiversity levels and a high level of deforestation and degradation. The Pernambuco Centre of Endemism (PCE), originally distributed in northern São Francisco River, in the states of Paraíba, Alagoas, and Pernambuco is today the most endangered Atlantic Forest region and one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, as only small and isolated habitat fragments have remained. On the other hand, this is also the less studied Atlantic Forest region. While four bird species have been recognized as extinct in the last few years, a number of recently discovered bird species are still being described, indicating that soon science will miss the opportunity to know a number of undescribed taxa, and it will be too late to invest in the conservation of the endangered species. The lack of knowledge regards not only to the composition of the biodiversity, but also to ''where'' and ''why'' they are concentrated. Then, in this proposal our challenges are: 1) to improve the knowledge on the taxonomy of birds and mammals from the PCE, most of which can be lost before scientific recordings; 2) to improve the knowledge on the parameters that affect the distribution and persistence of the organisms, focusing on Alagoas state; 3) to use this knowledge to propose and to apply conservation management practices, and 4) to implement a program of scientific divulgation to the general public about the importance of the PCE and of the researches proposed here. (AU)

Scientific publications

(39)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ANA BEATRIZ NAVARRO; MARCELO MAGIOLI; MARCELO ZACHARIAS MOREIRA; LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA. Perspectives and challenges on isotopic ecology of terrestrial birds in Brazil. Zoologia, v. 39, 2022-05-16. (20/07619-0, 17/23548-2)

GOMES, VICTOR; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. On the validity and taxonomic status of Crypturellus obsoletus griseiventris (Salvadori, 1895) and C. o. hypochraceus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938) (Aves, Tinamidae). Zootaxa, v. 4951, n. 2, p. 21-pg., 2021-04-06. (18/05664-8, 17/23548-2)

SARANHOLI, BRUNO H.; RODRIGUEZ-CASTRO, KAREN G.; CARVALHO, CAROLINA S.; CHAHAD-EHLERS, SAMIRA; GESTICH, CARLA C.; ANDRADE, SONIA C. S.; FREITAS, PATRICIA D.; GALETTI, PEDRO M.. Comparing iDNA from mosquitoes and flies to survey mammals in a semi-controlled Neotropical area. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, v. 23, n. 8, p. 10-pg., 2023-08-03. (15/20139-9, 22/01741-3, 19/26436-6, 17/23548-2)

BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; DERRYBERRY, ELIZABETH P.; BRUMFIELD, ROBB T.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.. Phylogeography of the Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens), a South American passerine distributed along multiple environmental gradients. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 148, JUL 2020. (15/16092-7, 17/23548-2)

GALETTI, MAURO; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE R.; SANTOS, MARCOS C. DE O.; DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA P. M.; LIMA, FERNANDO; VANCINE, MAURICIO H.; MUYLAERT, RENATA L.; GONCALVES BONFIM, FERNANDO CESAR; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; et al. Mammals in Sao Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 11-pg., 2022-01-01. (21/10195-0, 20/12658-4, 13/19377-7, 21/08534-0, 15/21259-8, 18/16662-6, 19/20525-7, 11/22449-4, 15/17739-4, 16/19106-1, 12/04096-0, 14/10192-7, 18/50038-8, 20/01779-5, 17/23548-2, 11/20022-3, 10/52315-7, 14/01986-0, 08/03099-0, 18/14091-1, 14/09300-0, 13/50421-2)

BOCALINI, FERNANDA; BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.. Comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses reveal a congruent pattern of sister relationships between bird populations of the northern and south-central Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 154, JAN 2021. (17/23548-2)

CORBETT, EAMON C.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.; SCHUNCK, FABIO; NAKA, LUCIANO N.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; EDWARDS, SCOTT V.. Evidence for the Pleistocene Arc Hypothesis from genome-wide SNPs in a Neotropical dry forest specialist, the Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Furnariidae:Phacellodomus rufifrons). Molecular Ecology, v. 29, n. 22, p. 4457-4472, NOV 2020. (17/23548-2, 18/20249-7)

MIGOTTO, ANNA AGAZZI; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO; REILLO, PAUL; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Genetic Variability and Kinship Analyses of Seized Red-Browed Amazon, Amazona rhodocorytha (Aves, Psittacidae). DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 15, n. 8, p. 11-pg., 2023-08-01. (20/16065-8, 17/23548-2)

GLAUCO ALVES PEREIRA; HELDER FARIAS PEREIRA DE ARAÚJO; SEVERINO MENDES DE AZEVEDO JÚNIOR; CÍNTIA CAMILA SILVA ANGELIERI; LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA. Distribution, threats and conservation of the White-collared Kite (Leptodon forbesi, Accipitridae), the most threatened raptor in the Neotropics. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 59, 2019-06-13. (17/23548-2)

VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO S.; BOLOCHIO, BRUNA E.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; VALDUJO, PAULA HANNA; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE CAMPOS; NORI, JAVIER. How habitat loss and fragmentation are reducing conservation opportunities for vertebrates in the most threatened savanna of the World. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 21, n. 2, p. 7-pg., 2023-05-23. (98/05075-7, 17/23548-2, 02/00015-3, 11/20022-3, 20/12658-4, 00/06642-4, 16/09734-5, 15/20215-7, 07/51956-6)

DICKENS, JEREMY KENNETH; BITTON, PIERRE-PAUL; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. pecies limits, patterns of secondary contact and a new species in the Trogon rufus complex (Aves: Trogonidae. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 193, n. 2, p. 499-540, OCT 2021. (18/20249-7, 17/23548-2)

NAVARRO, ANA BEATRIZ; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; MOREIRA, MARCELO ZACHARIAS; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Perspectives and challenges on isotopic ecology of terrestrial birds in Brazil. ZOOLOGIA, v. 39, p. 15-pg., 2022-05-16. (17/23548-2, 20/07619-0)

LOBO-ARAUJO, LAHERT WILLIAM; COSTA, MARIELLEN CRISTINE; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO. Massive Bird Nest Losses: A Neglected Threat for Passerine Birds in Atlantic Forest Fragments from the Pernambuco Endemism Center. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 16, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2024-04-01. (20/13489-1, 17/23548-2)

FERNANDES, LARISSA ELER; LESSINGER, ANA CLAUDIA; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA. New data from South American hotspots uncover a greater diversity in Gracilinanus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) mouse opossums. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION, v. 31, n. 2, p. 20-pg., 2024-06-01. (15/21259-8, 00/06642-4, 20/12658-4, 20/01378-0, 18/14091-1, 17/23548-2, 98/05075-7, 22/12632-0, 11/20022-3)

BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.. The role of biogeographical barriers on the historical dynamics of passerine birds with a circum-Amazonian distribution. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 14, n. 3, p. 24-pg., 2024-03-01. (20/16065-8, 22/16202-0, 17/23548-2, 15/16092-7, 12/23852-0)

LIMA, RAFAEL DANTAS; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Integrative revision of species limits in the genus Schiffornis (Aves: Tityridae) reveals cryptic diversity in the Neotropics. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 200, n. 4, p. 32-pg., 2023-09-28. (20/16065-8, 21/10339-1, 17/23548-2)

DIAS, THIAGO DA COSTA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO. Spatiotemporal dynamics reveals forest rejuvenation, fragmentation, and edge effects in an Atlantic Forest hotspot, the Pernambuco Endemism Center, northeastern Brazil. PLoS One, v. 18, n. 9, p. 19-pg., 2023-09-08. (17/23548-2)

ARIANE CAMPOS GOUVÊA; GUSTAVO A. BRAVO; PAULO DE TARSO ZUQUIM ANTAS; KARL-L. SCHUCHMANN; LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA. Rainy cycles in South America as a driver for the breeding of the Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) and the Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex) (Aves, Charadriiformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 63, 2023-09-22. (17/23548-2)

KAMILA M.D. KUABARA; MICHEL P. VALIM; LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA. New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 63, 2023-07-24. (17/23548-2, 11/11420-5, 12/06951-4)

VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO SANTOS; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SAWAYA, RICARDO JANNINI; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; VALDUJO, PAULA HANNA; DE NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO CAMPOS. In search of generality: Revised distribution data and regionalization of Cerrado endemic tetrapods. Journal of Biogeography, v. 51, n. 4, p. 14-pg., 2023-12-08. (23/07014-9, 02/00015-3, 07/51956-6, 00/06642-4, 15/20215-7, 20/12658-4, 17/23548-2, 98/05075-7, 11/20022-3)

PILATTI, PATRICIA; BENATHAR, THAYSE; DA ROCHA, PATRICIO A.; KOROIVA, RICARDO; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA P.; GONCALVES, CAMILA F.; BELTRAO, MAYARA GUIMARAES; MORATELLI, RICARDO; ASTUA, DIEGO. Hsunycteris (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Lonchophyllinae) hidden diversity in Brazil: new records encompassing new biomes reveal the presence of an unnamed species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA, v. 26, n. 2, p. 18-pg., 2025-12-01. (17/23548-2, 20/02570-2)

BELTRAO, MAYARA GUIMARAES; GONCALVES, CAMILA FRANCISCO; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; GALETTI, PEDRO MANOEL; GALETTI, MAURO. Priority areas and implementation of ecological corridor through forest restoration to safeguard biodiversity. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 14, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2024-12-28. (17/23548-2, 22/13070-6)

LUCHETTI, NATALIA DA MATA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Collecting and fixating helminths during fieldwork: a practice and easy guide for ornithologists. ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 33, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2025-03-19. (17/23548-2)

BELTRAO, MAYARA GUIMARAES; JORGE, MARIA LUISA S. P.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; GALETTI, MAURO. Turnover and connectivity as drivers of mammalian persistence in highly fragmented landscapes. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 56, p. 14-pg., 2024-12-01. (22/13070-6, 17/23548-2)

RAFAEL S. NASCIMENTO; LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA. Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil. Zoologia, v. 41, 2024-10-21. (17/23548-2)

GOMES, VICTOR; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. On the validity and taxonomic status of Crypturellus obsoletus griseiventris (Salvadori, 1895) and C. o. hypochraceus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938) (Aves, Tinamidae). Zootaxa, v. 4951, n. 2, p. 321-341, APR 6 2021. (18/05664-8, 17/23548-2)

LEES, ALEXANDER C.; DEVENISH, CHRISTIAN; ARETA, JUAN IGNACIO; DE ARAUJO, CARLOS BARROS; KELLER, CARLOS; PHALAN, BEN; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Assessing the Extinction Probability of the Purple-winged Ground Dove, an Enigmatic Bamboo Specialist. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 9, APR 29 2021. (17/23548-2)

PRADO, LUIZA CARVALHO; DIAS, THIAGO DA COSTA; LOBO-ARAUJO, LAHERT WILLIAN; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL R.. Population density estimates for three endangered bird taxa from the Pernambuco Endemism Center, northeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 7-pg., 2022-01-01. (17/23548-2)

PRADO, LUIZA CARVALHO; DIAS, THIAGO DA COSTA; LOBO DE ARAUJO, LAHERT WILLIAM; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO. Population density estimates and key microhabitat parameters for two endangered tropical forest understory insectivorous passerines from the Pernambuco Endemism Center. AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY, v. 17, n. 2, p. 15-pg., 2022-10-01. (17/23548-2)

FELICIANO, RENATO; DE BARROS LEITE, ABRAAO; GARBELOTO, MAIRA CASTRO; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO. A critical assessment of ex situ conservation based on the Brazilian avifauna: Are we focusing on what is easier?. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 21, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2023-03-21. (18/20249-7, 17/23548-2)

LORIERI-VANIN, CAROLINA; BARBOSA-MOYANO, HERIBERTO; ALVARENGA, CLAUDIO DE OLIVEIRA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Adrenal response to competitive singing: glucocorticoid metabolites in male Saltator similis (Aves, Thraupidae). CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY, v. 13, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2025-02-13. (17/23548-2, 21/08898-2)

GONCALVES, CAMILA F.; ROCHA, PATRICIO A.; BELTRAO, MAYARA G.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA P.; GALETTI JR, PEDRO M.. First record of Dermanura gnoma for the threatened Pernambuco Endemism Center, northern Atlantic Forest, with phylogenetic insights. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 96, n. 4, p. 12-pg., 2024-01-01. (17/23548-2)

CARCASSOLA, MARINA VIVIANNE; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Plumage Variation and Sex Ratio in the Brown-Backed Parrotlet (Touit melanonotus; Psittacidae). DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 15, n. 10, p. 9-pg., 2023-10-01. (20/16065-8, 22/10252-6, 17/23548-2)

HU, TUANJUN; PURDY, PHILLIP H.; BLANK, MARCEL H.; MUHONJA, CHRISTINE K.; PEREIRA, RICARDO J. G.; TIAMBO, CHRISTIAN K.; MCGREW, MIKE J.. Direct in vitro propagation of avian germ cells from an embryonic gonad biorepository. POULTRY SCIENCE, v. 103, n. 11, p. 9-pg., 2024-09-07. (22/03780-6, 20/11479-9, 16/17158-4, 17/23548-2)

ZENKER, MAURICIO MORAES; PORTELLA, TATIANA PINEDA; PESSOA, FELIPE ARLEY COSTA; BENGTSSON-PALME, JOHAN; GALETTI JR, PEDRO MANOEL. Low coverage of species constrains the use of DNA barcoding to assess mosquito biodiversity. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 14, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2024-03-28. (17/23548-2)

DIAS, THIAGO DA COSTA; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL ROBERTO. Endemic and threatened birds as surrogates for identifying conservation priority areas and ecological corridors in the America's most endangered habitat. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 14, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2024-09-20. (17/23548-2)

FRANCISCO, MERCIVAL R.; COSTA, MARIELLEN C.; AZEREDO, ROBERTO M. A.; SIMPSON, JAMES G. P.; DA COSTA DIAS, THIAGO; FONSECA, ALBERTO; PINTO, FERNANDO J. M.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.. Recovered after an extreme bottleneck and saved by ex situ management: Lessons from the Alagoas curassow (Pauxi mitu [Linnaeus, 1766]; Aves, Galliformes, Cracidae). ZOO BIOLOGY, v. 40, n. 1, p. 3-pg., 2020-10-26. (17/23548-2)

VERDADE, LUCIANO M.; BIANCHI, RITA C.; GALETTI, PEDRO M.; PIVELLO, VANIA R.; SILVA, WESLEY R.; UEZU, ALEXANDRE. Biodiversity Management and Research in Multifunctional Landscapes. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 7-pg., 2022-01-01. (13/18526-9, 17/01304-4, 19/19429-3, 16/19106-1, 13/19377-7, 18/07886-8, 10/52315-7, 09/16906-3, 99/05123-4, 17/23548-2)

DIAS, THIAGO C.; SILVEIRA, L. F.; PIRONKOVA, Z., I; FRANCISCO, M. R.. Greening and browning trends in a tropical forest hotspot: Accounting for fragment size and vegetation indices. REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 26, p. 12-pg., 2022-04-01. (17/23548-2)