Bird assemblages as indicator of forest quality

• Grant number: 13/24929-9
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): January 18, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Principal researcher: Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz
• Grantee: Alex Augusto de Abreu Bovo
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/23809-2 - Functional changes in frugivorous bird assemblages along a fragmentation gradient, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Fragmentation and loss of habitat have caused major impacts on biodiversity. Along this factors, changes in the composition of the food chain also interfere with the dynamics of ecosystems, causing loss of species and ecological functions. The aim of this study is to functionally characterize bird assemblages in forest remnants embedded in matrix and anthropic areas inserted in a continuous Atlantic Forest vegetation. For this, we used data collected through points into eight fragments located in the Rio Corumbataí and three areas of continuous forest of the Serra do Mar - Serra de Paranapiacaba (Carlos Botelho State Park and the Serra do Mar State Park - Picinguaba and Santa Virginia) , and secondary data . To characterize these areas will be used to functional diversity (FD) for the assemblage of birds, which takes into account specific peculiarities, enabling a more detailed analysis of these assemblages . A theoretical framework from secondary data substantiate the search for patterns of changes in the composition of assemblies according to the degree of degradation / defaunation of this fragments. It is hoped that this proposal to identify functional changes in the assemblies, as well as crossing this information with landscape metrics in order to identify which characteristics influence the functional composition of birds in agricultural landscapes. These findings may help to develop strategies for biodiversity conservation.

Scientific publications

(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)

MAGIOLI, MARCELO; BOVO, ALEX AUGUSTO ABREU; ALBERICI, VINICIUS; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO. The use of hair traps as a complementary method in mammal ecology studies. MAMMALIA, v. 83, n. 2, p. 144-149, MAR 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BOVO, ALEX A. A.; FERRAZ, KATIA M. P. M. B.; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; ALEXANDRINO, EDUARDO R.; HASUI, ERICA; RIBEIRO, MILTON C.; TOBIAS, JOSEPH A. Habitat fragmentation narrows the distribution of avian functional traits associated with seed dispersal in tropical forest. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 16, n. 2, p. 90-96, APR-JUN 2018. Web of Science Citations: 5.

DE ABREU BOVO, ALEX AUGUSTO; MAGIOLI, MARCELO; PERCEQUILLO, ALEXANDRE REIS; KRUSZYNSKI, CECILIA; ALBERICI, VINICIUS; MELLO, MARCO A. R.; CORREA, LIDIANI SILVA; ZECCHINI GEBIN, JOAO CARLOS; GOMES RIBEIRO, YURI GERALDO; COSTA, FRANCISCO BORGES; RAMOS, VANESSA NASCIMENTO; BENATTI, HECTOR RIBEIRO; LOPES, BEATRIZ; MARTINS, MASA Z. A.; DINIZ-REIS, THAIS ROVERE; DE CAMARGO, PLNIO BARBOSA; LABRUNA, MARCELO BAHIA; MICCHI DE BARROS FERRAZ, KATIA MARIA PASCHOALETTO. Human-modified landscape acts as refuge for mammals in Atlantic Forest. Biota Neotropica, v. 18, n. 2 2018. Web of Science Citations: 5.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BOVO, Alex Augusto de Abreu. Functional richness and diversity of bird assemblages in the Atlantic Forest. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Piracicaba.